SPORTS
Saint Jo baseball plays Alvord and Chico
Saint Jo baseball has had a tough time in the last two weeks winning games though the Panthers are still competing.
Saint Jo lost both double header games against Alvord on April 22 and lost to Chico on Tuesday 13-8.
The Panthers first game against the Bulldogs did not go well. Alvord was up 5-0 after two and half innings before Tyler Cook drove in Jordan Reeves with a double.
The Bulldogs got the run back in the fourth inning before Reeves was again driven in by Cook, this time on a sacrifice fly ball, in the fifth inning.
Alvord answered with two more runs in the sixth inning as the Bulldogs won 8-2 in the first game.
In the second game it looked like it might be more of the same. Alvord took the lead in the first inning and scored seven runs in the first three innings.
Saint Jo answered in the fourth inning with Brice Durham driving in Jace Johnson with a single. The Panthers then scored four runs in the fifth inning.
Cook drove in Reeves with a single. An error fielding the ball allowed Trevor Conner and Matthew Butler to also score and Cook to advance to third base.
Collin Thomas then laid down a sacrifice bunt that drove in Cook to cut the lead to 7-5. That would be where the game would end during the bottom of the fifth inning.
Saint Jo fell behind playing the Dragons at home on Tuesday.
Chico scored six runs in the first two innings matched to the Panthers one run driven in by Johnson.
Saint Jo cut the lead in half as Johnson drove in another run in the bottom of the third inning and Thomas stole home to make it 6-3.
The Dragons got one run back in the fourth inning, but the Panthers hit back to take the lead in the same inning.
Conner drove in one run with a single, Cook drove in two with a double and Johnson drove in one run with a single to tie the game up. With the bases loaded, Durham was hit by a pitch to bring in another run to give Saint Jo its first lead 8-7.
Unfortunately, the lead would short-lived. Chico scored six runs in the fifth inning to retake the lead 13-8.
The Panthers prevented the Dragons from scoring any more, but they also could not cut into the lead in the last two innings as they lost.
Saint Jo’s final regular season game was a rematch against Chico on Friday, on the road this time.
The Panthers hope to turn their fortune around heading into the playoffs where they can finally play 1A teams after struggling to get wins against mostly bigger schools during their regular season..
The bi-district has to be done by May 8. Playoff details will be shared on the Bowie News social media pages.
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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