Sports

Jacksboro’s track teams had the running portions of the District 8-3A Meet April 13 at the JHS Track.

The field events were held April 10. Overall, the girls finished seventh with 56 points with the top four in each event qualifying for area April 20 in Jacksboro.

On the track Thursday, Kaylea Maples was fourth in the 200-meters with a 28.43 time. Vanessa Garcia was sixth in the 100-meter hurdles in 18.44. 

BOYD – Jacksboro Middle School’s boys track teams finished first and fourth at the District 8-3A Meet April 6.

The 7th grade boys were fourth overall, led by Colt Kaker’s win in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.63. The 400-meter relay foursome of Trent Irwin, Colt Kaker, Moises Quiroz and Gage Owen were second in 54.69 as was Jacob Rushin in the high jump with a 4’8” effort.

PERRIN – The Lady Pirates remained perfect in District 11-AA action with a twinbill sweep of Santo April 7.

In game 1, Perrin posted an 18-6, six inning win. Santo led 3-0 in the second before Perrin exploded for eight runs in the third, one in the fourth, three in the fifth and six in the sixth.

Santo had another three runs in the sixth but it wasn’t enough as the game ended on mercy rule.

Jetton Cansler had two hits and batted in five runs. Kaylie Anderson, who got the win in the circle, had three hits and three RBIs. 

Jacksboro had a solid first day at the District 8-3A Meet with several field athletes qualifying for area.

On the field, Cody Gary won the shotput with a 45’2 1/2”. Kade Weldon won the discus with a 153’6” throw with fellow senior Riley Rollans second with a 148’3”. The top four in each event qualify for the area meet, held in Jacksboro April 20.

On the girls side, freshman Baylee Thompson won the discus and finished second in the shotput. Leah Plaster was third in the shot and fifth in the discus. Mariana Espinoza was fifth in the shotput.

BOYD – JMS’ 8th grade girls took top honors in the North Zone District Track Meet April 6. It was back-to-back titles for the group, which won the title as seventh graders.

In the field events: Patricia Hernandez won the shot put with Jordan Pruitt fourth in the event. Abby Mangum was second in the high jump with Kassidy Rymel fourth. Hadlee Richardson was second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump with sister Harlee Richardson fifth in both events.

In the discus, Alex Holman, Rhett Rollans and Makenna McAnear finished 3-4-5.

WICHITA FALLS – No matter the opponent, you have to come to play every day.

Jacksboro, in a three-way tie for first to end the initial round of District 8-3A play, headed to cellar dweller City View Friday, which it had beaten 14-1 in the first meeting. The Mustangs obviously remembered the matchup and wanted to avenge the setback by giving it everything they had at home.

WICHITA FALLS Games can change on a dime, at a moment’s notice, ...

on a grounder.

With Jacksboro’s varsity softballers seemingly in control of Friday’s game with City View, leading 3-0 in the third, a seemingly innocent two out ground ball back to the pitcher started a downward spiral that ultimately led to the hostesses posting a 12-6 win over the Tigerettes.

With a chance to enhance its bid for the playoffs slipping away, Jacksboro falls to 4-6 in District 8-3A and 9-15 overall with City View now at 5-5 and 14-7.

Jacksboro’s baseball and softball teams were swept by visiting Henrietta Tuesday evening.

The Tigerette softball team fell victim to an 11-run fifth inning by the district leading and 10th-ranked Lady ‘Cats in a 20-2 loss, which dropped Jacksboro to 4-7 in District 8-3A and 9-16 overall. Henrietta is now 10-1 and 21-3.

Both Jacksboro track teams hosted meets March 30

The girls were led by senior Kaylea Maples who won both the long jump (16’ 3/4”) and triple jump (36’1 3/4”) events. Freshman Baylee Thompson finished second in the discus with a 107’6” effort and 5th in the shot put. Leah Plaster was third in the shotput with a 33’3 1/2” throw.

The 800-meter relay foursome of Britney Crye, Jordan Nichols, Haley Laake and Trinity Tisdale finished 8th in 1:57.07 while the 1,600-meter relay group of Crye, Tisdale, Carli Smith and Steffi Piedra was also 8th in their event.

First place is a lofty goal as staying on top takes a lot of work.

Jacksboro’s varsity baseball squad knows the feeling, having knocked off top dog Holliday last week to get itself a share of first place with Boyd. Paradise came to town March 31 having had a pretty good run of late.

Pitchers Bryson Myers and Ty Kennedy locked horns for more than two hours. Kennedy allowed just four Panther hits but Myers also had a good day with the bat, batting in three runs with two hits in a 3-0 victory over the host Tigers.