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Girls Basketball Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers season came to an end on Monday in the regional semifinals against Neches.
The Lady Panthers lost to the Lady Tigers 68-43 in a tough game.
Saint Jo had blown out Sulphur Bluff in the area round on Feb. 13, 53-18 in a game that was not too competitive.
The Lady Panthers were led by Payzlie Cervantes who scored 19 points while Jordyn O’Neal was second with nine points and Aubrey Morman scored eight points. Taylor Patrick led the team with eight rebounds and four assists.
Saint Jo knew it had a challenge heading into Monday’s game even though Neches had won only 20 games and ere not highly ranked on any poll. The Lady Tigers were fresh off of upsetting highly ranked Gorman in the area round in a low-scoring, grind it out type of game by two points.
The game started and the Lady Panthers found themselves down 15-8 at the end of the first quarter. Saint Jo struggled to score in the second quarter while the Lady Tigers made three 3-pointers and extended their lead to 33-15.
The Lady Panthers came out in the second half and play better defense and make up some of the lead, outscoring Neches 12-9. Unfortunately that was not going to be good enough.
Saint Jo tried to ramp up the pressure even more with its back against the wall, but the Lady Tigers were able withstand it and even got to the free throw line quite a bit, going 6-9 in the final period.
Neches won 68-43.
O’Neal led the team with 13 points while Krista Reeves was second with 11 points. Patrick had a near triple-double with 10 rebounds, 10 assists and eight steals.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles had their season end in the area round on Feb. 13 against state-ranked Saltillo.
The Lady Lions won 57-38 against the Lady Eagles as they drew a tough draw early in the playoffs.
Bellevue knew it had a tough challenge ahead. Saltillo had 30 wins on the season and were ranked 11th in the state in the 1A classification according to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll.
The Lady Eagles are a young team that also does not have a ton of size in the post so they had their work cut out for themselves.
Still, Bellevue came out and played really good and competitive basketball in the first quarter, leading by one point 15-14.
Unfortunately, offense became harder to come by for the rest of the game. The Lady Eagles were held to single-digit scoring in the second and third quarter while the Lady Lions kept scoring at their same pace.
Saltillo led 26-21 at halftime, but started to separate itself in the third quarter, leading 43-28 heading into the final period.
Bellevue was able to rack up a lot of free throw attempts in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough to catch back up or slow down the Lady Lions at all to get back in the game.
Saltillo won 57-38.
Mattie Broussard led the team with 15 points while Brittany Gill was second with seven points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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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