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Lady Panthers fall to state-ranked Newcastle
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers season came to an end on Tuesday night in the regional quarterfinal against state-ranked Newcastle.
The Lady Cats won 62-29 against the Lady Panthers.
Saint Jo came into the game as underdogs. Newcastle had lost only one game all season and was ranked second in the state in 1A according to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll and fourth on Max Preps rankings.
The Lady Panthers were coming off one-sided playoff wins against Perrin-Whitt and Avinger to reach the regional quarterfinals.
The Lady Cats had a huge size advantage at almost every position. More importantly they had recent move-in Mattie Dollar, who came from 2A Martin’s Mill program that is used to being among the state’s best.
Saint Jo tried to be physical and play fast with its full-court pressing style, but it could not stop Dollar who scored 18 of her team’s 20 points in the first quarter.
The Lady Panthers had trouble finding any clean looks and scored only one point as they trailed 20-1.
Even with Saint Jo playing a bit more evenly in the second quarter, trying to box-and one Dollar by sticking Taylor Patrick on her while the rest of the team played zone defense, it was not enough to change the game around.
Newcastle led 34-9 at halftime.
Any thought of the Lady Panthers being able to turn things around in the second half went out the window as more Lady Cat players started to score and it was not all Dollar.
Saint Jo’s offense stalled again against the massive size and disciplined play from Newcastle, scoring only four points in the third quarter. The Lady Cats led 53-13 heading into the final period.
With Newcastle’s starters pulled for the majority of the fourth quarter, the Lady Panthers were able to find some success scoring the ball than they had all game.
Saint Jo more than doubled its three quarter total in the final period and played hard until the end even with the game out of reach.
The Lady Panthers lost 62-29.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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