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Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers won their hosted tournament last week.
The Panthers went 5-0, winning by double-digits in all of their games.
During pool play Saint Jo beat Newcastle by 50 points (89-39) and Sacred Heart by 20 points (60-40). Bracket play saw the Panthers win even more dominantly first against Petrolia 71-19 and then district opponent Prairie Valley 60-22.
This put them in the championship game against a 2A Muenster program that not only is used to success, but with it only being 10 miles down the road and with current Athletic Director Mark Stevens spending seven years there, the athletic programs are tight.
Usually the bigger Hornets beat up on Saint Jo teams at worse or the Panthers try to keep it close at best during pre-district matchups, but on Saturday that was flipped. Saint Jo beat Muenster 56-46 to win the overall tournament championship.
Kile Thurman was named the tournament’s most valuable player. Brice Durham and Collin Thomas were named to the all-tournament team.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians played in their first tournament at Dodd City last week.
The Indians went 2-2 overall to finish in fourth place at the tournament.
Nocona played two games during pools on Thursday. The first game was a rematch against Bells from earlier in the week. The Panthers then beat the Indians 46-36 and again in pools 53-33.
Nocona was able to bounce back later in the day, winning a close game against tournament host Dodd City 53-47, a state-ranked 1A team.
Going into bracket play two days later, the Indians won another close game, this one against Tom Bean 59-52.
This put Nocona into a game against North Hopkins for third place. The Panthers are a 2A state-ranked team and unfortunately the Indians did not play their best. North Hopkins won 60-36 as Nocona finished fourth.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs played at Saint Jo’s tournament last week to get some work in.
The young Bulldogs went 2-3 overall to finish in fourth place.
Prairie Valley’s first game of the tournament came against 2A Muenster. The Bulldogs lost 55-30.
Prairie Valley bounced back in the second game of pool play against Petrolia, winning 41-30.
The next day the Bulldogs beat Nocona’s JV team 54-30. To get a chance to play for the championship game and another chance at Muenster, Prairie Valley would have to beat district opponent Saint Jo. The Panthers won 60-22, pushing the Bulldogs to play Sacred Heart in the third place game.
Unfortunately, Prairie Valley lost 65-31 to finish fourth overall.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears struggled at the Saint Jo tournament last week.
Out of the five games played, the four that were reported were all losses.
Gold-Burg lost to Electra 46-34 to start out the tournament. The Bears lost their closest game of the tournament to Petrolia 43-40.
Gold-Burg then got matched up against 2A Muenster and lost 89-18. The last game was a rematch against Electra which did not go better as the Bears lost 46-24.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie held off a stiff challenge from Slidell in Nocona Summer League action June 22, the Lady Rabbit basketball team posting a 17-15 win over the Lady ‘Hounds.
Slidell took a pair of early leads only to be met by a basket and 3-pointer by junior Laney Segura for a 5-4 Bowie lead. Sophomore newcomer Sawyer Martin’s free throws and a Kynlee Baker basket extended the lead to 9-4 midway through the 16-minute running clock first half.
Each team traded baskets to close the half, Bowie’s basket from Kylee Waldrep, as the Lady Rabbits took advantage of cold shooting from the Lady ‘Hounds to lead 11-6 at the break.
Slidell got within one early in the second half, using a size advantage inside for a couple of layins to get within 11-10 with about 12 minutes left. Bowie used another small run to take control again.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
RJ Oliver is ready to take over “his” team.
The new Nocona Head Baseball coach, who has been at the school for six years as an assistant coach, is ready to tke tdhe incoming seniors to the next level.”
When I first started here, we weren’t every good but we built a program that has gotten better over the years,” Oliver said. “I’ve been offered other jobs since I’ve been here but the senior and I have worked together since 6th grade and I think we have the chance to breally good.”
Nocona went into the area round this year before being knocked out. Oliver said it has been exciting getting the head coach position. Oliver is bursting at the seams to get started next Spring.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Results for the 2026 Jim Bowie Days Youth Rodeo are as follows:
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First place in the ages 7-10 division was Korleigh Carver with a time of 17.724 followed by Lilly Pitts in 18.547 for 2nd place. In 3rd place was Willa Crawford in 20.696 with Jackson Fletcher in 4th in 21.494. Brady Hoffman was 5th in 23.176.
Annabelle Spooner won the 11-14 division with a time of 17.751 followed by Hadley Donegan in 2nd with a time of 17.999. In 3rd spot was Layna Taylor in 19.113 with Brinley Steinke in 4th with a time of 19.647. Kambell Hansard was 5th in 19.873.
In the ages 15-19 division Paislee Fugate won with a time of 16.897 followed by Marli Donegan in 17.823. In 3rd spot was Bryellen Vaillalpando in 17.98 with Julia Mott in 18.249 finishing 4th and Adyson Conner 5th in 18.671.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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