SPORTS
Saint Jo Panthers fall to Gordon in the bi-district
The Saint Jo Panthers lost to undefeated, state-ranked Gordon on Thursday night to end their season in the bi-district round of the playoffs.
The Longhorns won 64-14, winning by mercy-rule in a game that looks on paper like a repeat of last year’s playoff loss against the same program.
Still, there were positives to take away from the game despite the final score.
Saint Jo came in as big underdogs against undefeated Gordon.
The Panthers knew the matchup was a big possibility if they did not win the district title which is why Coach Mark Stevens placed such on emphasis on their district game against eventual district champion Union Hill.
Still, Saint Jo was determined to give the Longhorns their best shot.
Unfortunately, the game started about as bad as a coach could hope.
After a tackle for loss on defense, the Panthers allowed Gordon to get loose for a long touchdown run on the second play of the game.
Then on offense, Saint Jo threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown on its first play.
The Panthers offense then was stopped on their next drive before the Longhorns took the ball down and scored fast to make it 24-0 after only four minutes of game action.
It was heading towards the 45-point mercy-rule kicking in at halftime with that type of pace, but Saint Jo rallied heading into the second quarter.
The Panther offense put together a scoring drive with Devin Stewart running for a 24-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 24-8.
Saint Jo almost scored again before halftime, but it was called back on a holding penalty. The Gordon led 40-8 at halftime.
After the Longhorns scored to start the second half, the Panthers scored on special teams when Stewart returned the kick-off back 77 yards for a touchdown.
Gordon picked up their intensity and scored three more times, with the last one coming with four minutes left in the game.
The Longhorns won by mercy-rule 64-14.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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