SPORTS
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.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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