SPORTS
Lady Horns beat Saint Jo
The Forestburg Lady Horns won against rival Saint Jo at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Horns won the low scoring game 34-23.
Forestburg got its offense rolling early, getting the ball inside where Morgan Miller used her size to score despite the Lady Panthers bringing help.
Saint Jo drew a couple of free throw attempts and made one basket, but could not keep up early on.
Miller scored 10 points as the Lady Horns led 14-6 after the first quarter.
The second quarter was more low scoring for both sides. Only one basket had been scored from both teams until the final two minutes.
Shaden Johnson scored another basket for the Lady Panthers to get their total to double-digits, but Forestburg scored five points, including a 3-pointer from Faith Moore, to keep the lead comfortable up 21-10 at halftime.
The Lady Horns tried to shake things up by pressing Saint Jo to start the second half.
The Lady Panthers were ready and quickly forced Forestburg to get out of the defense.
Saint Jo’s defense did another good job on defense in the third quarter, holding the Lady Horns to only four points. On offense, the Lady Panthers started to exploit some of the open spaces in Forestburg’s zone defense and continuously made shots.
Johnson scored five of the team’s nine points to cut the lead to 25-19 heading into the final quarter with some momentum despite trailing.
The Lady Horns started the fourth quarter with Miller sitting out briefly due to a fall in the third quarter where she hurt her knee. While she was only briefly out for two minutes, Moore hit a 3-pointer push the team’s lead up to 28-19.
Saint Jo scored the next two baskets in a minute and a half to cut the lead to 28-23, again with the momentum and 4:40 still to play.
Miller then made a basket and would make a free throw to put Forestburg lead at 31-23 with 3:59 left to play.
The Lady Horns started trying to stall the game out to run the clock out. While the Lady Panthers were able to get the ball back several times, the shots stopped going in as valuable time ticked off the clock.
Forestburg made three free throws down the stretch to get the final score, winning 34-23.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Bellevue basketball teams both played in the playoffs for the first time in several years. The Lady Eagles finished fourth in the district to qualify after missing the previous season. In the bi-district round, Bellevue had to play the eventual state champs Newcastle.
The Eagles also finished fourth, though they played Saint Jo in a play-in game for third place. Bellevue then had to play state-ranked Graford in the bi-district round before ending its season.
The spring season saw Bellevue bring back its baseball program after many years.
While the team struggled during its initial season, it is a step in the first step for a program that hopes to compete well in the near future. In golf, the Lady Eagles ended up winning the district title to qualify for the regional tournament.
In the fall, both of Bellevue’s cross country teams finished second at district and qualified for regionals.
There, Mattie Broussard was able to qualify for the state meet individually after winning the regional title.
At state, Broussard came in ninth place to earn a medal.
To see pictures and highlights from all of the area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley program had a good spring to start 2024. In tennis Case Carpenter qualified for regionals after finishing second at the district meet in boy’s singles. In golf, the Lady Bulldogs team finished second at the district tournament to qualify for regionals.
To cap off the spring season, Linzie Priddy qualified for the state track meet in the 800 meter race, where she placed ninth overall.
The fall season saw the Lady Bulldogs finish second in district to qualify for the playoffs. In the bi-district round, Prairie Valley held on to beat Vernon Northside in five sets to continue its season one more game. In the area round, the Lady Bulldogs lost to Garner.
In cross country, the program had one boy and one girl qualify for the state meet for the second straight year.
Josh Stout was running at state for the second time and he improved on his first appearance as she placed 29th. Priddy, running at the state cross country meet for her third time, finished 84th.
To see pictures and highlights from all of the area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Gold-Burg athletic program had a good spring with two girls qualifying for regionals in tennis. Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas placed first and second in girls singles at the district meet to move on.
In track and field, the Bears had Isaac Renteria qualify for the state meet for the second straight year. He finished in fourth place in the 3200 meter race.
In the fall season, the football team had one of its best seasons in school history. The team rebounded from losing its first three games of the season to winning the district title and its bi-district playoff game against Woodson. The Bears then lost to Oakwood in the area round.
To see pictures and highlights from all of the area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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