SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Saint Jo pushes Collinsville to five
The Saint Jo volleyball team, in defeat, played its best match of the season in extending Collinsville to five games.
Collinsville topped the Lady Panthers by scores of 25-16, 23-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-9.
Saint Jo fell to 6-14, 0-2 in District 2A-10.
“I am very proud of our girls for playing the way they did,” Saint Jo head coach Dakota Crockett, a former Bowie High standout, said. “That was the first five-set game we’ve played this year. Now they know what it feels like.”
Crockett said Saint Jo made unforced errors in the fifth set to give Collinsville the match. The Lady Panthers were actually up 8-3 in the fifth before Collinsville rallied.
“Collinsville showed up things we need to work on and vice versa,” Crockett said. “I don’t think they expected us to play the way we did.”
Sarah Patrick and Bailey Melton provided the Lady Panthers with kills late in the fourth set, which forced the match to go the full five.
Patrick finished with a team-best 15 kills to go with eight ace serves and seven digs. Melton also had a solo ace block.
Delaney Hall, from her libero spot, recorded a team-best 12 digs to go with three kills and two ace serves. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s Bailey Melton and Alyssa Hennessey combine on an ace block here during a Sept. 15 match versus Collinsville. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Nearly 600 youngsters signed up for this season of youth baseball sports through the BSA. The group celebrated with awards this past week and introduction of all its teams. See all the awards and photos from the night in the mid-week Bowie News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
The 2024 Summer Olympics is just a few weeks away taking place in Paris. The opening ceremonies will be July 26 and are planned to be unique as they take place along the Seine River that flows through Paris. Thomas Bach prepared this op-ed to welcome the world to Paris.
By Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is only days away. The excitement gripping this nation is palpable.
As this unique festival of sport draws closer, we all are feeling that France and the French people are ready to welcome the world’s best athletes with the hospitality and passion for sport for which they are famous all around the world.
Already millions of people have greeted the Olympic flame on its journey around France with a huge wave of enthusiasm. All of us are looking forward to an unforgettable celebration of Olympic sport and French culture in the coming weeks.
Read the full story in the mid-week sports in your Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s Firecracker 5K welcomed 100 runners for its 16th year on July 4th.
According to runsignup.com, Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K saw 100 runners of all ages register to kick off in downtown Saint Jo.
Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher with a time of 19:02.6. Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, was the top female finisher with 21:47.1.
In the male nine and under division, I. Miller, nine, Muenster, repeated his first place win from 2023 with at time of 34:52.8. E. Thomas, eight, no town listed, also repeated her win with a time of 31:58.5.
Emry Raney-Cavnar, 14, Ardmore, OK, won the male 10-14 group and E. Christensen, 11, Decatur, took the female race. In the male 15-19 division Luke Gehrig, 17, Muenster, won, while Sophia Christensen, 15, Decatur, took the ladies’ title.
See all the results and more photos in the weekend Bowie News.
Special appreciation to Jennifer Gaston Panther Photography for use of her photos.
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