SPORTS
Saint Jo loses to Perrin-Whitt, Muenster
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their rematch against Perrin-Whitt on April 9 before falling to 2A Muenster on Tuesday.
The Panthers lost 11-3 against the Pirates before losing 11-0 in five innings to the Hornets.
Saint Jo had beaten Perrin-Whitt earlier that week in a high scoring game 23-16 that saw the Panthers take the lead with a huge seventh inning. This time it was the Pirates who had a big fifth inning to propel them.
The teams exchanged runs in the first inning as Collin Thomas drove in Tyler Cook on a ground out to third base. After scoreless second and third innings, Perrin-Whitt took the lead 2-1 with one run scored in the fourth inning.
The Pirates then exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning thanks to four hits and four walks to take a 9-1 lead.
Saint Jo cut into the lead thanks to RBIs from Matthew Butler and Cook, making the score 9-3.
Unfortunately, Perrin-Whitt made up both runs in the sixth inning with a triple and a sacrifice fly as the score was 11-3. The Panthers did not have an answer offensively as they lost.
Cook, Thomas and Butler’s RBIs led the team. With almost an equal amount of walks (nine) to hits (eight) given up on defense the hits meant more for the Pirates when they did come.
The game at Muenster on Tuesday was expected to be tougher. Not only are the Hornets from 2A, but the program is usually among the best in the state.
Little by little Muenster scored two to three runs every inning, seeming to capitalize on every base runner it could get on base early in innings. The Hornets won 11-0 in five innings due to the run rule.
The Panthers struggled to make contact with the ball with their bats as they struck out 12 times in 15 at bats. Only Thomas’ hit prevented them from getting no-hit.
Coach Bob Bowden did not like how his team played against Perrin-Whitt, but did not feel so bad against the Hornets.
“We didn’t play well at all the second game against Perrin,” Bowden said. “The Muenster game I feel like we did some good things. Muenster is a very good baseball team and they have good pitching. No matter who we play, we have to hit the ball and make routine plays. We didn’t do that against them. We have got to start doing the little things better if we expect to do any damage in the playoffs.”
Saint Jo is next scheduled to play at 6:30 p.m. on April 20 at home against Alvord.
Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.
Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.
The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.
To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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