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Forestburg boys break six year streak and beat Saint Jo
The Forestburg Longhorns picked up their first win against Saint Jo since 2018 with a home win on Tuesday night.
The Longhorns won 56-40 in a game that was not that close for most of the game.
Saint Jo was coming into the game with 2-0 district record despite the young team struggling during its non-district schedule. The Panthers recently blew out a tough Gold-Burg team the previous week to show they were turning the corner in the games that really counted.
Forestburg came into district with high expectations to break its playoff drought, but dropped its first two games in disappointing performances. The Longhorns then won a come-from-behind game at Gold-Burg last week to give it some confidence heading into this game.
The Panthers were missing one starter, but with the way Forestburg came out at the beginning of the game, it did not seem anything was going to stop the Longhorns.
In every way Forestburg outplayed Saint Jo in the first quarter. The Longhorns attacked the Panthers full-court press and was able to get some quick looks on offense they took advantage of.
Jesus Sanchez was making shots from the perimeter, Jesse Wadsworth was keeping the ball moving while scoring from all over and Kyler Willett was using his size and skill to score in the post for Forestburg.
The Longhorns led 24-3 after the first quarter and it never got much better from there.
Even with Forestburg’s offense cooling off and the Panthers getting some success on offense going, Saint Jo could not turn the game around.
The Longhorns led 35-12 at halftime and 49-19 heading into the fourth quarter.
Frustration seemed to boil over at the start of the final period when the Panthers coach picked up his second technical foul arguing a call with the referees and was asked to leave. A Saint Jo fan then got asked to leave for similar reasons in the final two minutes of the game.
Saint Jo had its best stretch of the game in the fourth quarter, more than doubling its three quarter total with 21 points scored.
With Forestburg emptying its bench and playing with less aggression since it was comfortably up by so much, the Panthers took advantage.
It made the final score 56-40 a lot closer than most of the game was.
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Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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