SPORTS
Saint Jo girls beat Forestburg
Coming back from the holiday break, the Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted Forestburg on Friday.
The Lady Panthers trapping defense and tenaciousness on the offensive glass allowed them to win the low scoring game 32-19.
The first quarter was all Saint Jo. The Lady Panthers had their players waiting at mid-court to trap the Lady Horns and forced turnovers. Forestburg tried to force some long passes to try and beat it, but Saint Jo made them pay.
Not many of the turnovers could be converted directly to points so the Lady Panthers had to find the little holes in the Lady Horns zone defense. The short to mid-range shots far enough away from Forestburg’s big post Morgan Miller allowed open shots where Emma Martin and Bailey Parker combined for 10 of their points.
When the Lady Horns were able to set up in their offense, they tried their best to get the ball to Miller, who was easily taller than everyone on the court. Saint Jo tweaked its defense to always have two players on Miller at all times to try and prevent her from getting the ball because once she catches it all they could really do is hope she misses. The Lady Panthers put all this together to get out to a 15-2 lead in the first quarter.
After that Forestburg picked up its defensive intensity and did a good job of being physical, although offensively it still struggled to find quality shots. Only six points were scored all of the second quarter between the two teams as Saint Jo led 17-6 at halftime.
The third quarter saw the Lady Panthers start to play a bit more physical as well. They crashed the offensive boards and got multiple second chance shots up during possessions. Saint Jo also got to the free throw line, using the physical Lady Horns play against them.
Both teams scored much more than in the second quarter, but the Lady Panthers lead increased to 27-12 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Horns made two three-pointers in the quarter and again limited Saint Jo offensively. The Lady Panthers were able to do enough in the final period to not let their lead get in any danger as they coasted to their first district win 32-19.
Saint Jo next plays at Gold-Burg at 6 p.m. on Jan. 10. The Lady Horns will travel to Prairie Valley to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 10.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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