SPORTS
Saint Jo baseball beats Vernon Northside in playoffs
The Saint Jo Panthers won their bi-district playoff series against Vernon Northside on Friday, finishing up what they only briefly started the day before until storms came in to delay the game.
The Panthers won both games with authority 9-0 and 12-0 against the Indians.
Originally both games were scheduled for Thursday. Saint Jo had just scored the first run in game one in the top of the third inning when Trevor O’Neal put a ball in play to the shortstop which resulted in an error that allowed Blake Penaluna scoring.
With the Panthers up 1-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning, at first there was a lighting delay. Then a torrential downpour came after an hour which also brought with it a tornado warning that delayed the game until the next day.
When play was resumed, Saint Jo’s defense was led by pitcher Brice Durham picking up where he left off by striking out many Northside hitters.
The Panther bats continued to struggle until the top of the sixth inning. Sam Martin drove in a run with a single. Two batters later Kile Thurman’s hit to the shortstop resulted in an error that drove in one more run to extend Saint Jo’s lead to 3-0.
The Panthers pulled away in the top of the seventh. Cooper Harris drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Martin drove in a run with a double and later scored on a balk. With the bases later loaded, O’Neal drew a walk to score a run.
Mathew Everson and Collin Thomas were then hit by pitches in back-to-back sequences to score two more runs before out three, putting Saint Jo up 9-0 heading into the Indians final three outs.
Durham did not let them get anything going, striking out two of them and retiring the other one on a ground out to third base.
Saint Jo won 9-0.
O’Neal and Martin led the team with two RBIs each. The Panthers only had six hits in the game, but drew five walks, were hit by six pitches and took advantage of four fielding errors from Northside to score runs.
On the mound, Durham pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only one hit and one walk while striking out 12 batters. The Panther defense committed only one fielding error behind him.
Saint Jo did not have long to celebrate as game two started 30 minutes later.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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