SPORTS
Panthers lose to Ector 56-39
The Saint Jo Panthers fell to Ector on Friday night in the area round of the playoffs at S&S Consolidated.
The Eagles would pull away in the second half, winning 56-39 after a tight first half.
Saint Jo came into the game after a one-sided victory against Perrin-Whitt earlier in the week. The Panthers were trying to get to the regional quarterfinals for the second straight year to rematch state power Graford, but were slight underdogs.
Ector was on top for most of the first quarter as the team tried to attack the rim with drives and post ups. Saint Jo was never behind by more than two scores and eventually took the lead 11-9 to end the first quarter on top. Connor Thompson scored six of the team’s points.
The Panthers started the second quarter well up 15-12 in the opening few minutes. The Eagles responded with an 8-0 run as they started to make some 3-pointers while mixing in some scores near the basket.
Down 20-15, Saint Jo cut the lead to 22-20 in the next minute heading into the final two minutes of the quarter. From there Ector made some shots to close out the quarter as it led 26-22.
The Panthers competed well, playing tough defense against the feisty Eagles looking to post up and drive. While Ector had made three 3-pointers in the second quarter, it was a manageable amount with the rate Saint Jo was scoring the ball.
Senior leading scorers Logan Morman and Thompson combined for 14 points mostly trying to attack the basket while Kile Thurman and Brice Durham had both made crucial 3-pointers in the game.
A good third quarter would be needed to try and possibly wrestle the lead away from the Eagles or at least stay within range.
The two teams struggled to score for most of the quarter. Ector seemed to dedicate even more attention to trying to wall off the paint from Morman and Thompson with free throw attempts rarely awarded for either team.
The Eagles were up only 30-27 with a little more than two minutes to go in the quarter when they hit their groove. Thanks to some well executed pick and rolls and a timely 3-pointer, Ector ended the quarter on an 8-0 run upping its lead to 38-27 heading into the final quarter.
Saint Jo would need to bounce back in a big way offensively to make up the double-digit hole it was in. The Panthers continued to drive into the paint and got to the free throw line more than it had in the entire game.
Unfortunately, Saint Jo only made 5-9 of its free throws in the quarter while making only three field goals. The Eagles pulled away even more as Garen Norwood seemed to score at will inside as he scored 10 of his game high 17 points.
The Panthers fought hard until the end, but could not make enough shots to come back as Ector won 56-39.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.
The 72nd Chisholm Trail Rodeo was a big success on Friday and Saturday nights at Nocona.
The rodeo had big crowds and saw some good competition from both local and far reaching talent.
Winners in the events included Zach Hibler in bareback riding, Lindsey Muggli in barrel racing, Ashley Goforth in breakaway roping, Leanardo Lima in bull riding, Cody McCartney in calf roping, Thomas Moellering in ranch bronc riding, Wacey Hathcock in saddle bronc riding, Renato Finazzi in steer wrestling, Rowdy Jones and Rance Doyal in team roping.
To see full results and more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The regional tennis tournaments were late last week in North Richland Hills and a doubles team is moving on to state.
The Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament and will return to state for the second straight year.
The pair rolled through teams from Morgan, Dodd City, Priddy before beating a Graford team in the finals. The pair did not lose a set and only lost five of the 53 games it played, never losing more than one in a set.
The team made it to state last year after finishing second at regionals and won a match at the state meet against a team from Vernon Northside. They then lost to the eventual state champion team from Utopia and finished tied for third place.
They will be the only tennis players from Montague County playing at state this week as others did not have as successful regional tournament.
The Saint Jo teammates and fellow girl’s doubles team Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson won their first match against Ector 6-1, 6-4, but fell in their next match against Lometa, 6-1, 6-1.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter was competing in boy’s singles. His first match was a draining two and half hour battle against a player from Strawn Carpenter came through in the three-set battle, winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Unfortunately, the magic was not there in the second game. Paired against the eventual tournament champion from Gustine, Carpenter lost 6-0, 6-1.
From Gold-Burg, Alyson Rojas and Jimena Garcia competed in girl’s singles. Rojas won her first match against a girl from Avinger 7-6, 6-2. Unfortunately, the next match she lost to a girl from Graford 6-0, 6-0 to end her tournament.
Garcia lost a tough first match against a player from Ector. Both sets could have gone either way with the scores being 6-4, 7-5 to the winner.
The mixed doubles team from Forestburg, Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros, also did not make it through.
From Nocona, Kaygan Stone was playing in the girl’s singles 2A region II tournament.
Unfortunately, she got paired against the player who would go on to win the tournament in the first round to end her season.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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