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Saint Jo beats Gold-Burg 60-33
The Saint Jo Panthers won their district home opener against Gold-Burg on Tuesday night.
The Panthers won 60-33 in a game that was expected to be closer or at least have a different outcome.
Saint Jo’s young team has struggled during the non-district part of its schedule as wins have come few and far between.
One of the many losses came against this same Bears’ team earlier this season at the Panthers-hosted tournament. Gold-Burg won that game by double-digits.
With a Bears team filled with mostly upper classmen and many of the same athletes that upset Saint Jo in football during the fall season, there was a feeling this might just be Gold-Burg’s year against the Panthers.
That game was a month ago and Saint Jo’s young team was missing some starters due to injury. A fully healthy Panther team and a month of growth made Tuesday night’s game go much differently than the first match-up.
Saint Jo came out and scored the first 11 points of the game halfway through the first quarter. The Panthers handled the Bear’s full-court press and aggressive trapping in the half court and made them pay when they got open shots.
On the other side, Saint Jo’s long defenders meant almost every shot Gold-Burg threw up was contested. Maybe that was the reason the Bears just could not seem to make a basket from anywhere.
Gold-Burg rallied late in the first quarter to cut the lead down to 19-9 heading into the second, but that would be as close as the score would be.
The Bears were limited to only five points in the second period. Even after misses, Saint Jo did a good job of rebounding and limiting Gold-Burg to just one shot on most of its offensive possessions.
While the Panthers offense continued to score at a good pace, it was not all sun shine and rainbows on their end. The constant pressure from the Bears started to lead to more turnovers as the game wore on, though not the kind that fueled points for Gold-Burg.
Saint Jo led 33-14 at halftime.
The third quarter got a little feisty with some technical fouls being given out to the Bears for a foul away from the ball and then for arguing with the referees.
Thankfully the teams cooled off as the game went on. The Gold-Burg player later helped the player he fouled up off the floor on another play so he would not get stepped on during play.
It did nothing to help Gold-Burg start to make shots as it scored another five points in the third quarter. It also was Saint Jo’s lowest total of the game scoring 10 points as it was just an ugly quarter overall. The Panthers lead continued to grow though as they led 43-19 heading into the final period.
With the lead out of reach, both teams played a bit more loosely which led to more scoring from both teams than any other quarter. Gold-Burg had five different players make one basket as the team equaled the total first half points (14) it scored in the fourth quarter.
It still was not more than Saint Jo which finished hot by scoring 17 points as the Panthers won 60-33.
To read the full story and see more pictures from the game, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie Lady Rabbits got more than they bargained for when they traveled to Bellevue on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits escaped with the win 44-40, taking the lead with less than a minute to go after trailing whole game.
Bowie came into the game confident. The larger 3A school was supposed to play Windthorst, but had to reschedule because the Lady Trojans volleyball team was playing in the state tournament.
Finding a last minute replacement, the Lady Rabbits thought they would have an easy game playing the 1A program down the road. Little did they know.
Bellevue had a couple of players out with injury to limit its depth a bit and a new coach in Celsey Hoffman, but the Lady Eagles were coming off of nearly beating a Nocona team the previous week. While the Lady Indians were missing four starters who were still in volleyball, it still showed this was not a 1A team to take lightly.
Bellevue came out fast showing tough defensive pressure despite giving up size at nearly every position. Within a few minutes the Lady Eagles had used that pressure to force turnovers and convert those steals into transition opportunities.
Also, the energy showed in other areas as Bellevue seemed to grab every loose ball and fought for offensive rebounds despite lacking in height compared to Bowie.
After a little more than four minutes into the game the Lady Eagles led 15-0. The Lady Rabbits had barely been able to set up their offense or attempt a shot against the pressure.
Bowie Coach Matthew Miller had to reset his shell-shocked team during multiple timeouts. The young ballhandlers was reminded how the team was going to break the press defense so it could set up its offense.
Bellevue led 19-4 after the first quarter, led by Mary Grace Broussard and Brittany Gill who each scored six points.
The Lady Rabbits settled down and made some good progress in the second quarter. Their defense switched between man-to-man and 1-3-1 to keep the Lady Eagles off balance. With them taking care of the ball better, there were less chances for Bellevue in transition and the Lady Eagles offense struggled to consistently find ways to score against Bowie’s length.
The Lady Rabbits offense found some success as well. Five different players made at least one basket and the team made two 3-pointers.
While the game was physical from the start, now that Bowie knew what type of game it was in the team responded back. It was not pretty and only enough fouls were called to make the game watchable, but individual foul trouble affected Bellevue harder than the Lady Rabbits in the second quarter.
The Lady Eagles still led heading into halftime, but Bowie had gotten it down to single digits trailing 25-19.
The third quarter was more even between the two teams as both had trouble consistently scoring baskets. Bellevue made three baskets and a couple of free throws to keep ahead.
The Lady Rabbits got a big lift from Lanie Moore, who knocked in all three of her 3-pointers in the quarter, scoring nine of the team’s 12 points.
Bowie still trailed, but had cut the lead down to one point earlier in the quarter and one basket 34-31 heading into the fourth quarter.
Bellevue grew the lead to 38-32 early in the final period. The Lady Rabbits struggled to get anything going offensively and trailed 40-34 midway through the quarter.
Bowie’s Kendall Fallis made a 3-pointer in transition to cut the lead to one basket 40-37.
The score stayed there for the next several minutes even as the Lady Eagles had two starters, Karis Denson and Mattie Broussard, foul out of the game.
With a little more than a minute left, the Lady Rabbits drew up and out of bounds play that got Laney Segura an open shot in the corner. Despite not having made a basket all game, she sunk the 3-pointer to tie the game at 40-40 with a minute still to play.
Bowie had been in a pressure defense for the second half of the fourth quarter to prevent Bellevue from passively running clock. Still in the defense, the team next stole the in-bounds pass and Railey Martin made the undefended layup to give the Lady Rabbits their first lead of the game 42-40 with 48 seconds left.
The Lady Eagles could not tie the score on their next offensive possession. Bowie would made two more free throws to make the final 44-40.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870678&T=1
Two former Bowie boy’s golf members played in the PGA University Championship on Nov. 12-13. (L-R) Cy Egenbacher and Imanol Walker are both in the Sam Houston University PGA Golf Managerment program. The team finished 16th overall. Egenbacher shot 168 during the two rounds and finished tied for 67th. Walker shot 180 and finished 84th. The tournament is a fun one for univesities that have PGA Golf Management programs, which is for individuals who want to work in the golf industry after graduation.
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