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Saint Jo teams struggle to start district
Saint Jo baseball
The Saint Jo Panthers had a rough game at Alvord on Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs won 21-0, with the game lasting three and half innings due to run rule.
The Panthers knew it would be tough playing a 2A school, but the game started out bad.
Alvord scored 11 runs in the first inning, seven in the second inning and three in the third inning. While the Bulldogs put up 14 hits, Saint Jo gave up seven walks, hit eight batters and the committed five fielding errors.
On offense, the Panthers had two hits with Amzy Barclay and Trent Gaston hitting singles. The team drew three walks and was hit by two pitches to get some base runners, but could not score.
Saint Jo softball
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers let Collinsville get away from them on Tuesday in their district home opener.
The Lady Pirates won 21-6 after six innings due to run-rule, with Collinsville pulling away with 10 runs in the sixth inning.
Saint Jo was hoping its extra practice time following a nice win to open the season would pay off and for most of the game.
Despite playing a 2A team, the Lady Panthers were within range for most of the game.
Collinsville got out front in the first inning with five runs and then added three more in the second to go up 8-0. Saint Jo answered in the same inning with its bats.
Aubrey Morman drove in a run with a single followed by a two RBI triple from Krista Reeves. Reeves would later score on the base paths as Saint Jo cut the Lady Pirates lead in half 8-4.
The third and fourth innings went by with no runs coming across home plate for either team.
Collinsville added three runs in the fifth inning with two RBI singles and wild pitch allowing a runner to score.
With the Lady Pirates up 11-6 entering the sixth inning, Saint Jo then had one of the dreaded innings from hell on defense as it allowed 10 runs.
Down 21-4, the Lady Panthers would need to score eight runs to avoid the game from ending one inning early.
Saint Jo tried. Maxey Johnson and Reagan Wilson had back-to-back RBI doubles to add two runs to the Lady Panthers total. Unfortunately, the run of offensive success ended quickly and the game followed.
Collinsville won 21-6.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The 16th Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K is coming to Saint Jo next week on July 4. Welcoming hardcore runners or those looking for a long walk, the race starts and ends at Saint Jo’s Square. You can register online at runsignup.com/Race/TX/SaintJo/ or you can go to Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K Facebook page. Participants 18 and under will cost $15 to register while those older will pay $30. This is a chip timed race on a certified 5K course for those looking to set a new personal record. The race will start at 8 a.m. After the race, for the first time there will be a Li’l Firecracker Run for kids aged six and under. The course will be much shorter as the young kids will also get a T-Shirt and medals. Registration for that event will be on site the day of the event.
Recently graduated Gold-Burg athlete Jayon Grace got invited to play in the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association all-star football game last weekend. Playing in the division II game on the victorious west team, Grace was named the games offensive most valuable player. He scored three touchdowns and had more than 100 yards of total offense despite only touching the ball four times during the game. “It was my last guaranteed game so I had to show out a little bit,” Grace said. “It was fun to be able to see what I am capable of against some guys who can keep up.”
As a part of the Jim Bowie Days celebration, the youth rodeo was on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
The first night consisted of speed events like barrel racing, pole bending and goat tying.
The second night was all about roping events which included breakaway roping, calf roping, ribbon roping and team roping.
In the barrel racing event, Blayklee Smith won the six-and-under category, Grace Laurence won the 7-10 age range, Lyndee Harsche won the 11-14 category and Hevenli Scribner won the 15-19 age division.
In the pole bending event, Ruth Ann Hutchinson won the 7-10 age category, Hadley Spence won the 11-14 age range and Hevenli Scribner again won the 15-19 division.
In the goat tying event, Ainsley Turner won the six-and-under group, Myles Turner won the 7-10 category, Rylie Marie Pollard finished first in the 11-14 division and Maddie Gaynor won the 15-19 age group.
On the second night it was all about roping events.
The only results for the 13-and-under group that was listed on the jimbowiedays.org website on Friday was for the ribbon roping event which was won by Lincoln Laminick. The rest of the results were for the 14-19 age division.
In the ribbon roping event for 14-19 was won by Cade Belen.
The breakaway roping event saw Allye Stark narrowly win.
Calf roping was won by Rendon Dowledge.
Finally, the team roping first place winners went to the team of Conley Kleinhans and Bren Fenoglio.
To see full results and see pictures from both nights, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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