SPORTS
Saint Jo beats Perrin-Whitt in straight sets for area championship Thursday
After gaining the luxury of earning a bye in the bi-district, the Saint Jo Lady Panthers made sure they proved it was well deserved by dispatching Perrin-Whitt on Thursday night in Alvord.
Despite some slow starts, the Lady Panthers won in straight sets and by comfortably big margins.
The first set saw Saint Jo struggle at the beginning as they fell behind 4-1 as they struggled with their serve receive.
“They wanted it so bad, I think they frustrated themselves once they could not make the first pass,” Coach Charlie Pittman said.
Once the nerves settled down and the Lady Panthers started executing, there was not much hope for the Lady Pirates. Saint Jo quickly made up ground and grabbed a 9-6 lead.
From there it only went more right for the Lady Panthers as they won 16 of the next 20 points to win the first set 25-10.
That momentum carried over into the start of the second set. An early 4-1 lead proved substantial as Perrin-Whitt could not close the gap as they played mostly even with Saint Jo up until the middle of the set. The lead grew from 17-13 to 23-17 as the Lady Panthers won 25-18 to take a 2-0 lead.
Not wanting to give the Lady Pirates any hope for a comeback, Saint Jo again came out struggling at the beginning of the third set in the same way they did in the first set. After falling behind 4-1, the Lady Panthers quickly righted the ship and reeled off 10 straight points to take an 11-4 lead.
Things only got worse for Perrin-Whitt as they could tell the end was near. The lead went to double digits as Saint Jo took an 18-7 lead. The momentum from the Lady Panthers could not be stopped as they smelled blood in the water as they ended up winning 25-9.
They will play a familiar foe in the regional quarterfinals against another Montague County team Prairie Valley.
Information about the game is not set at the time of writing besides the date of the game being played Nov. 5-6. Look forward to our social media where we will post all of the information when we learn of it.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.
Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.
The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.
To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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