SPORTS
Saint Jo has a busy week ahead
The Saint Jo Panther boy’s program has a busy week ahead.
Not only does the baseball team play arch nemesis Dodd City in the area playoffs, but the track team is sending four members to compete in the state meet this weekend. Dodd City is in the same boat which is why the series is scheduled for the days before.
Game one is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on May 12 at Bells High School. Game two will start 30 minutes after the end of game one. If game three is needed, it is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on May 13.
The state track meet 1A running events are scheduled to start at 5 p.m. on March 14 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
The Panthers’ baseball program does not have a lot of history behind it. While there is talk there was a team sometime in the 1980s, it was not until the last seven years or so Saint Jo has fielded a consistent team.
After a few false starts and a year taken off, the program has been fielding a team every year since 2017. The first year the team predictably struggled, winning one game and losing to Vernon Northside in the playoffs.
The next year started the program’s slide as being one of the steadiest 1A programs in the area, routinely giving some 2A teams a run for their money. It also was the farthest playoff push as the Panthers beat Northside this time along with Savoy.
It was then Saint Jo first played Dodd City. The Hornets won that series and have every year since in the playoffs against the Panthers minus the 2020 year due to COVID-19.
By now, it is a cliché that every sport at Saint Jo needs to break through and beat Dodd City in the playoffs at some point to take the next step. The volleyball team did in 2017 to start their four year stretch of making it deep in the playoffs. The boy’s basketball team have in recent years too.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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