PERRIN – Tyler Welch is not one to refuse a dare.
The Perrin freshman received a dare from a friend as he was preparing for his first at-bat Tuesday, saying if he hit the ball to the outfield, the friend would give him $1.
After a tie for the 7-3A regular season championship, Jacksboro’s girls' basketballers took away plenty of hardware as the All-District 7-3A teams were announced earlier today.
Heading into its first playoff game in generations, Perrin was noticeably loose before Tuesday night’s bi-district game with Midway, going about its business in warmups like it was just another day.
TIOGA – Games can turn on a dime.
Bryson can speak firsthand on that, cutting a first-quarter deficit to one before a last-second free throw barrage by Saltillo seemingly turned the tide for good as the Lady Lions pulled away from there and posted a closer than it looked 44-33 win in a Region II-A area playoff game here Thursday evening.
DENTON – When all else fails on a basketball court you should be able to count on two things: defense and free throws.
It was the latter that aided Jacksboro’s girls' basketball team Tuesday night, the Tigerettes going 13-17 at the free throw line, including 7-9 in a decisive fourth quarter which enabled the Purple to post a 39-30 bi-district Region I-3A win at Ryan High School.
MINERAL WELLS – Jacksboro’s girls' basketball team looked to grab the top seed in District 7-3A Friday night with its second win over Brock this year.
The Lady Eagles had other ideas.
In its past two games, Jacksboro’s boys' basketball team has battled and given fans some sign of things to come by falling just short against teams that had beaten them rather soundly in their first meeting.
Tigerette fans witnessing Tuesday night’s first quarter may have had flashbacks to the first meeting vs. Boyd Jan. 11. The Lady ‘Jackets had gotten out to a 6-0 lead and led visiting Jacksboro before the Purple came back and posted a 39-23 win.
A similar story took place Tuesday night with the two teams knotted at 11 after one before Jacksboro used hot shooting over the next two quarters to build a 26-point lead and held on to post a 55-37 victory on Senior Night at JHS Gym.
Jacksboro Middle School’s boys basketball team were swept by Paradise Jan. 28.
The Tiger White team suffered a 42-5 loss. Paradise led 20-3 at the half and pulled away. Jackson Ward had two points for the Tigers.
BRIDGEPORT – Jacksboro’s powerlifters hit the road for their final meet in Bridgeport Saturday.
On the girls' side Shayli Mitchell was 2nd in her weight class: (squat: 200, Bench: 95, DL: 185) with Lilli Gonzales third in her class (squat 250, Bench: 80, DL: 245).
