SPORTS
Saint Jo Lady Panthers beat Perrin-Whitt in bi-district playoff round
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won their bi-district playoff game on Monday night against Perrin-Whitt and made it look easy.
The Lady Panthers beat the Lady Pirates 52-35, with the deficit looking much worse at times.
Saint Jo came into the game confident. It had secured the district championship the previous week, beating Forestburg 61-35 on Feb. 4, the team’s second straight district title and this year it was won with an undefeated record.
Playing a Perrin-Whitt team that had 16 wins on the season, the Lady Panthers knew they had the advantage if they played up to their potential.
The first quarter saw Saint Jo start fast, but the Lady Pirates eventually seemed to slow down a bit and find some of the holes in the Lady Panthers press defense to cut the lead to 14-8.
Saint Jo made a slight adjustment in its press defense, going from a 2-1 look to a 1-2 look and it seemed to make all the difference.
Taylor Patrick relentlessly chased who ever had the ball in the backcourt all night and Jordyn O’Neal, Payzlie Cervantes and Krista Reeves were waiting at halfcourt to come up and double-team or jump the passing lanes the rest of the game.
It changed the game into the rough and tumble type of game Saint Jo likes to play. In the half court, the Lady Panthers tried to use their advantage they had in the post to try and score around the basket. Sometimes, this set up hustle play opportunities for chasing offensive rebounds and getting wide open 3-point shots.
That combined with the transition opportunities thanks to Saint Jo’s press defense led the Lady Panthers to start pulling away in the second quarter. Saint Jo led 28-13 at halftime.
The second half did not make anything better for a Lady Pirates team that seemed to get more flustered and frustrated as the game wore on. Perrin-Whitt kept looking for the aggressive cross court pass to try and make the Lady Panthers pay for their pressure, but passes more often went sailing out of bounds.
The physical play also led to a few chippy moments between players even with plenty of fouls being handed out between both teams, though it was not so much that it made the game unwatchable.
Still, it was all Saint Jo as the lead was at 45-24 heading into the fourth quarter. The Lady Pirates made up some of the difference in the final few minutes, but the Lady Panthers had the game in hand long before and held on to win comfortably 52-35.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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