SPORTS
Saint Jo baseball wins shootout 23-16
The Saint Jo baseball team won a high scoring game at Perrin-Whitt on Tuesday in come-from-behind fashion.
The Panthers won with the football type score 23-16 against the Pirates, taking the lead in the final inning before adding more runs for insurance.
Saint Jo started the game hot as Jace Johnson hit a three-run home run in the top of the first inning. Perrin-Whitt was able to wrestle the lead away as the team scored four runs on three hits, three fielding errors and one hit batter. The Pirates led 4-3 heading into the second inning.
The Panthers failed to get anything going while Perrin-Whitt added three more runs to up the lead to 7-3. Saint Jo had a big third inning with the bats.
Collin Thomas stole home for one run with the bases loaded. David Moreno hit into a fielder’s choice that drove in another run. Payton Harris scored on the base paths. Tyler Cook drove in two runs on a double. Thomas hit a ball to the pitcher that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cook would then score on an error by the catcher.
Brice Durham would then cap the 10-run inning off with a bases clearing triple. The Panthers now led 13-7.
The Pirates closed the gap with a two-RBI single to make the score 13-9.
Saint Jo was able to load the bases up in the fourth inning. Thomas hit a groundball to first base, but an error allowed him to reach first safely while a run scored, upping the Panthers lead to 14-9. A fielding error from Saint Jo in the outfield allowed Perrin-Whitt to make up that run, making the score 14-10 heading into the fifth inning.
The Panthers failed to get any base runner on during the fifth inning. The Pirates scored one more run to cut the lead to 14-11 as the game moved to the sixth inning.
Besides a drawn walk with two outs, Saint Jo again failed to do much on offense. This left the door open for Perrin-Whitt to take the lead with a big inning.
The Pirates scored four runs on back-to-back two out hits to take the lead 15-14 heading into the final inning. After failing to do much the previous two innings the Panthers bats found their groove again in a big way.
Harris would tie the game as he drove in a run with a single. With the bases loaded, Moreno would then give Saint Jo the lead back as he cleared the bases with a three RBI double.
Cook would then drive in two runs on a triple. Thomas would then drive him in with his own triple. Thomas would score thanks to an error at second base.
Following a third straight triple from Johnson, Harris would drive him in as he grounded out to the shortstop.
The Panthers trailed by one run coming into the inning and now led 23-15.
Perrin-Whitt’s lead off batter got on base with a single, eventually reaching third base.
A dropped third strike allowed him to score to cut the lead to 23-16.
With two outs and no one on base the Pirates tried to get a two out rally going. A single and a walk put two base runners on as Perrin-Whitt hoped to ride this momentum for several more runs.
Fortunately for Saint Jo, the next batter grounded into a fielder’s choice at second base for the third out ending the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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