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Saint Jo baseball goes 2-1-1

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The Saint Jo Panthers baseball team played in their first tournament last weekend at Era.
The Panthers went 2-1-1 over the three days as the team completed its first week of the season fresh off of basketball court.
Saint Jo first played Tioga to start the tournament. After a scoreless first two innings, the Panthers scored three runs in the third and fourth inning to take the lead.
The Bulldogs came back with two runs in the fifth inning to cut the lead to one. Saint Jo added one more run to close out the fifth inning up 4-2 before the game was called and the Panthers awarded the win.
The next day Saint Jo first played Sacred Heart. The Panthers started fast and never let up. While the team never had a big inning, Saint Jo did score at least two runs every inning of the game on offense.
The Tigers were limited offensively, finishing with only two hits in the game, but still scored two runs in the final two innings to avoid the shutout. The Panthers won easily 9-2.
Saint Jo then played tournament host Era late Friday evening. The Panthers had beaten the Hornets three days earlier to open the season, but this game would be different.
Saint Jo scored three runs to open the game on the right note.
Unfortunately, Era then put together the type of inning the Panthers hope to forget, scoring six runs and taking a 6-3 lead after the first inning.
Saint Jo answered back in the third inning, scoring three more runs to tie up the game. The Panthers then took the lead in the fourth inning scoring one more run to lead 7-6.
The Hornets then came back to score two runs in what turned out to be the final inning to eek out an 8-7 win.
Saint Jo went into Saturday and the final game not looking great early on against S&S Consolidated.
The Rams scored three runs in the first and third innings to take a 6-0 lead with the game looking to get called.
The Panthers then reeled off six runs in the fourth inning thanks four hits, three free bases and one fielding error to tie the game at 6-6.
S&S Consolidated had one last chance to take the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning.
With two runners on base, pitcher Matthew Butler forced the final batter to fly out to the shortstop to end the game in a tie.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.

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