SPORTS
Lady Panthers lose to Blum in playoffs
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers softball season came to an end on Friday as they lost to Blum in a double-header playoff series.
The Lady Panthers lost both games by run-rule as the Lady Cats won 19-5 and 16-2.
Saint Jo was coming off its first playoff series win in program history against Bryson the previous week. Blum was going to be a different story as the Lady Cats were one of the top ranked teams in the state in 1A.
The Lady Cats showed it by scoring nine runs in the top of the first inning in game one. Saint Jo got two of the runs back with Payzlie Cervantes and Maxey Johnson driving in a runs with singles.
It was not enough to keep up with the hot bats from Blum. The Lady Cats scored 10 runs during the next three innings before Saint Jo’s offense could score again.
Taylor Patrick led off with a single, advanced to second after a hit batter and then stole third base before a dropped third strike allowed her to score one run.
The Lady Panthers held Blum to no runs in the fifth inning, but needed to score seven runs in order to avoid getting run ruled.
Mercedes Diaz led off and got on base by getting hit by a pitch. Nevaeh Spann then hit a single and Diaz advanced to third base. She later came in to score a run by stealing home.
Several batters later with the bases loaded, Johnson hit a single that drove in one run.
Two groundouts followed to end the game, Blum winning 19-5 after five innings.
Johnson led the team with two hits and two RBIs while Cervantes and Skidmore each drove in one run.
Saint Jo had to dust off the game and play game two 30 minutes later.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
For the second year, Montague County All-Stars hosted its annual Fall Games at Saint Jo High School Oct. 21.
Representatives from nearly every county elementary and high school took part in the day-long event. Students with assorted disabilities learned how to play basketball in the morning and volleyball in the afternoon.
Helping teach the finer points of both games were players and coaches from all the area high schools. Individual skills such as passing, dribbling, and shooting were taught in one of the school’s gyms before athletes were broken up into teams and played timed games in the other gym.
Some of the younger athletes had issues with the ball dribbling and got hit in the nose. Eventually they all got the hang of it, one even getting a basket.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team had a tough first set against visiting Olney Oct. 16 but then turned things around in the final two games and cruised to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14) win.
The Lady Indians are now 4-2 in district with one match to go in the regular season Oct. 23 in Petrolia.
Kasi Castro opened the match with a Nocona ace. Paige Davis later followed with a kill to break serve and a single point for a 3-1 lead.
Kills by Sy Parker and Raylea Bowles helped keep Olney down. Leah Meekins’ single point put Nocona up 6-3. Castro’s five-point streak extended the lead to 13-7 with kills from Presley Weber and Parker keeping the drive alive.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
To close out the District 10-A season, Forestburg’s volleyball team traveled to Bellevue and posted a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) over the host Lady Eagles.
Forestburg tied for first place with Saint Jo and broke the deadlock Oct. 26 (see story, same section).
Brooklyn Shook’s ace put Bellevue up 1-0 in game one. Forestburg’s Lacie Shotwell’s three-point run later put the visitors up 5-2, Brenna Brailes extended the Lady ‘Horn lead to 7-3.
Single points by Landry Fluitt and Brylie Hager cut the lead to 7-8. Forestburg’s Addy Conway rolled off five straight points to extend the lead to 14-7. Mattie Broussard of Bellevue later cut the deficit to 11-14 with a three-point string. points from Madi Wadsworth and Presley Brown put Forestburg up 18-12.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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