SPORTS
Lady Panthers loses tough one
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost their first game of the season falling to 3A Valley View on Tuesday.
The Lady Panthers lost 3-1 against the Lady Eagles in a match where each set could have gone either way.
It was a raucous environment led by the Saint Jo student section which was unusual for such an early season game. It gave the match a much bigger feeling than just the third game of the season, especially since the crowd was not as big as the Lady Panthers will eventually play in front of this season.
Saint Jo came into the match winning both of its games the first week of the season without dropping a set, a great start for the mostly freshman populated team.
The Lady Panthers got their first tough test on Tuesday playing against a bigger school.
It was back and forth in the first set until mid-way through when Saint Jo opened up with an 18-12 lead.
The Lady Eagles got back into it to cut the lead down to 21-19, but the Lady Panthers closed the set off well to win 25-22.
The second set saw Saint Jo have a rough start as the team fell behind 8-2. The Lady Panthers came storming back to retake the lead 11-9 before the teams were tied up at 15-15.
The two teams exchanged four-point swings to tie the score back up at 21-21. It was point-for-point the rest of the way, with Valley View pulling out the narrow win 25-23 to tie the match up at 1-1.
The third set saw Saint Jo again fall behind early on 11-4. Playing from behind, the Lady Panthers cut the lead as close to two, down 16-14.
Down 23-17, it looked like the Lady Eagles had an easy path to winning the third set. Saint Jo came all the way back to make Valley View earn it and ultimately fell just a few points short.
Serving down 24-23, the Lady Panthers committed a service violation to give the Lady Eagles the final point to win the set 25-23 and the lead.
The fourth set again saw Saint Jo fall behind, down 15-10 before storming back to tie the set up at 16-16. Valley View got another lead and extended it to 22-18.
The Lady Panthers made one final storming comeback attempt to cut it to one point down 24-23, but the Lady Eagles closed the set to win 25-23 and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The 16th Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K is coming to Saint Jo next week on July 4. Welcoming hardcore runners or those looking for a long walk, the race starts and ends at Saint Jo’s Square. You can register online at runsignup.com/Race/TX/SaintJo/ or you can go to Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K Facebook page. Participants 18 and under will cost $15 to register while those older will pay $30. This is a chip timed race on a certified 5K course for those looking to set a new personal record. The race will start at 8 a.m. After the race, for the first time there will be a Li’l Firecracker Run for kids aged six and under. The course will be much shorter as the young kids will also get a T-Shirt and medals. Registration for that event will be on site the day of the event.
Recently graduated Gold-Burg athlete Jayon Grace got invited to play in the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association all-star football game last weekend. Playing in the division II game on the victorious west team, Grace was named the games offensive most valuable player. He scored three touchdowns and had more than 100 yards of total offense despite only touching the ball four times during the game. “It was my last guaranteed game so I had to show out a little bit,” Grace said. “It was fun to be able to see what I am capable of against some guys who can keep up.”
As a part of the Jim Bowie Days celebration, the youth rodeo was on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
The first night consisted of speed events like barrel racing, pole bending and goat tying.
The second night was all about roping events which included breakaway roping, calf roping, ribbon roping and team roping.
In the barrel racing event, Blayklee Smith won the six-and-under category, Grace Laurence won the 7-10 age range, Lyndee Harsche won the 11-14 category and Hevenli Scribner won the 15-19 age division.
In the pole bending event, Ruth Ann Hutchinson won the 7-10 age category, Hadley Spence won the 11-14 age range and Hevenli Scribner again won the 15-19 division.
In the goat tying event, Ainsley Turner won the six-and-under group, Myles Turner won the 7-10 category, Rylie Marie Pollard finished first in the 11-14 division and Maddie Gaynor won the 15-19 age group.
On the second night it was all about roping events.
The only results for the 13-and-under group that was listed on the jimbowiedays.org website on Friday was for the ribbon roping event which was won by Lincoln Laminick. The rest of the results were for the 14-19 age division.
In the ribbon roping event for 14-19 was won by Cade Belen.
The breakaway roping event saw Allye Stark narrowly win.
Calf roping was won by Rendon Dowledge.
Finally, the team roping first place winners went to the team of Conley Kleinhans and Bren Fenoglio.
To see full results and see pictures from both nights, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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