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Basketball Roundup
Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo boy’s basketball team picked up two big wins for itself on Friday and Saturday against Boyd and Bryson.
The Panthers beat the 3A Yellowjackets 49-42 while beating the Cowboys 40-30.Saint Jo was able to hang around Boyd in its home opener for most of the game. Only in the fourth quarter did the Panthers take their first lead, but the Yellowjackets were not just going to let them keep it.
The game was tied 42-42 in the final minutes when Chance Bennett scored to put Saint Jo up. Clutch free throws from Kile Thurman after that iced the game to give the Panthers the win. Bennett led the team with 19 points.
The next day at Bryson was not the best offensive performance for the Panthers. Fortunately, Saint Jo’s defense did well enough to allow the team to get the win.
Brice Durham led the team with nine points and three 3-pointers while dishing a couple of assists and drawing a key charge. Collin Thomas was right behind him scoring eight points off the bench all in the fourth quarter when the team needed it the most.
Prairie Valley girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs picked up a big win at home on Friday against Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Bulldogs won 54-35 in a game where the team showed great improvement on offense.
“This was a great team effort,” Coach Jeanie Carpenter said. “I saw some great teamwork in this game. We passed the ball well, we were able to find the open player and connect. Our defense is a strength this season and with our quickness we are able to create some fast break opportunities. It definitely helps to have multiple players putting points on the board, and not relying too heavily on any one individual.”
Prairie Valley boys
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs lost a close one at home Friday night against Perrin-Whitt.
The Pirates won 55-50 as mental mistakes down the stretch cost the Bulldogs.
Perrin-Whitt led for most of the game. Prairie Valley was able to hang around for most of the game thanks to its long-range shooting, making 11 3-pointers in the game.
The Bulldogs took the lead in the fourth quarter, but two starters fouled out. This allowed the Pirates to take the back the lead as bad decision making down the stretch was the difference.
Isaac Yeargin led the team with 26 points while making seven 3-pointers. Tyler Winkler was second with 16 points. Konner Ritchie led the team with 13 rebounds and six assists to go with six points.
Saint Jo girls
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost games to Victory Christian Academy and Bryson on Friday and Saturday.
The Lady Panthers lost to the Lady Patriots 40-21 on Friday and 28-18 against the Cowgirls on Saturday.
The team had stretches in both games where the offense struggled to score any points to keep pace. The transition to the man-to-man defense seems to have kept Saint Jo in these games, but having scoreless quarters going forward, it is going to be hard to win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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