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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In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
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County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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