SPORTS
Saint Jo Lady Panthers beat Perrin-Whitt in bi-district playoff round
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won their bi-district playoff game on Monday night against Perrin-Whitt and made it look easy.
The Lady Panthers beat the Lady Pirates 52-35, with the deficit looking much worse at times.
Saint Jo came into the game confident. It had secured the district championship the previous week, beating Forestburg 61-35 on Feb. 4, the team’s second straight district title and this year it was won with an undefeated record.
Playing a Perrin-Whitt team that had 16 wins on the season, the Lady Panthers knew they had the advantage if they played up to their potential.
The first quarter saw Saint Jo start fast, but the Lady Pirates eventually seemed to slow down a bit and find some of the holes in the Lady Panthers press defense to cut the lead to 14-8.
Saint Jo made a slight adjustment in its press defense, going from a 2-1 look to a 1-2 look and it seemed to make all the difference.
Taylor Patrick relentlessly chased who ever had the ball in the backcourt all night and Jordyn O’Neal, Payzlie Cervantes and Krista Reeves were waiting at halfcourt to come up and double-team or jump the passing lanes the rest of the game.
It changed the game into the rough and tumble type of game Saint Jo likes to play. In the half court, the Lady Panthers tried to use their advantage they had in the post to try and score around the basket. Sometimes, this set up hustle play opportunities for chasing offensive rebounds and getting wide open 3-point shots.
That combined with the transition opportunities thanks to Saint Jo’s press defense led the Lady Panthers to start pulling away in the second quarter. Saint Jo led 28-13 at halftime.
The second half did not make anything better for a Lady Pirates team that seemed to get more flustered and frustrated as the game wore on. Perrin-Whitt kept looking for the aggressive cross court pass to try and make the Lady Panthers pay for their pressure, but passes more often went sailing out of bounds.
The physical play also led to a few chippy moments between players even with plenty of fouls being handed out between both teams, though it was not so much that it made the game unwatchable.
Still, it was all Saint Jo as the lead was at 45-24 heading into the fourth quarter. The Lady Pirates made up some of the difference in the final few minutes, but the Lady Panthers had the game in hand long before and held on to win comfortably 52-35.
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The Red River High School Bass Club competed on Saturday at Eagle Mount Lake as the club finished fifth overall out of 28 clubs.
The club had two teams that brought in fish at the end of the day, but one also finished highly.
The team of Carson Caudle and Hunter Blackburn got fourth overall out of more than 100 teams. The pair caught three fish that weighed in at 7.99 pounds.
The club had one more pair that brought in fish. Walker Strahan and Bryce Ramsey got one fish that weighed in a 1.95 pounds that was good for 33rd place.
Only 37 out of the 126 teams were fortunate enough to bring fish to the weigh-in.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie
Superlatives
Offensive most valuable player: Rayder Mann
First team
Gaige Goodman
Second team
Boston Farris
Honorable mention
Adam Pickett, Bradly Horton, Braden Rhyne
Academic all-district
Hayden Sutton, Keller Dosch, Anthony Jaraleno, Finn Riddle, Tyler Richey, Adam Pickett, Bradly Horton, Hayden Heugatter, Boston Farris, Rayder Mann
Nocona
Superlatives
Co-newcomer of the year: Landon Fatheree
Fighting heart award: Jose Gomez Jr.
First team
Karson Kleinhans, Oscar Salomon-Gomez
Second team
Zyrus Moreno, Walker Murphey
Honorable mention
Adrian Gutierrez
Academic all-district
Jose Gomez Jr., Kyle Waters, Kasch Johnson, RJ Walker, William Henley, Skye Kirby, Landon Fatheree, Karson Kleinhans, Oscar Salomon-Gomez, Zyrus Moreno, Walker Murphey, Adrian Gutierrez
1A
Superlatives: Jesus Sanchez, Forestburg, most valuable player; Barrett Johnson, Saint Jo, offensive MVP; Evan Chavez, Bellevue, sixth man of the year; Camden Dreyer, Gold-Burg, co-newcomer of the year; Josiah Wadsworth, Forestburg, co-newcomer of the year; Curtis Enis, Forestburg, coach of the year
First team
Ryan Jones, Bellevue; Jesse Wadsworth, Forestburg; Kyler Willett, Forestburg; Lee Yeley, Saint Jo; Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Second team
Aaron Allison, Bellevue; Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; River Trail, Bellevue; Jayton Epperson, Gold-Burg; Trae Campbell, Prairie Valley; Zeke Bonn, Saint Jo; Landon Shannon, Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue; Brenna Criswell, Bellevue; Eli White-Freeland, Gold-Burg; Keelyn Case, Gold-Burg; Barrett Allen, Gold-Burg; Angel Cruz, Forestburg; Hayden Halliburton, Forestburg; John Carranza, Forestburg; Hunter Camden, Prairie Valley; Jarrett Horton, Prairie Valley; Landen Williams, Saint Jo; Jayden Curry, Saint Jo; Colton Curry, Saint Jo
Academic all-district
Bellevue: Walker Strahan, Brycen Bancroft, Bryce Ramsey, Will Bonds, Cowyn Langford
Forestburg: Rafeal Sanchez, Josiah Wadsworth, Tristan Cumby, Hayden Halliburton, Jesse Wadsworth
Prairie Valley: Hunter Camden, Jarrett Horton, Josh Stout, Dayne Sadler, Kasey Caruthers
Saint Jo: Jayden Curry, Colton Curry, Landon Shannon, Barrett Johnson, Trent Gaston, Zeke Bonn, Lee Yeley
Gold-Burg: Levi Hellinger, Brady Allen, Barrett Allen
For pictures from players from every team, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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