Sports

Perrin got out to a good start and a bigger, more physical Olney squad June 9 in a Jacksboro Summer Basketball League game but the Cubs  used a 15-2 run midway through the first half to take control and run away with a 55-22 victory.

The Pirates came out very aggressively, using Hunter Francis’ drives to the lane to get on the board. Olney had too much size inside and was able to snare offensive rebounds for second chance buckets.

For more details, see the June 17 edition of the Herald-Gazette.

Camping” continues across Jack County this week, with the girls being the focus of the action.

About 25 girls came out Monday morning for the start of girls basketball and volleyball camp. The day-long affair is split into two sessions. Monday, the younger girls started out in the main gym working on their volleyball skills with new Jacksboro Volleyball Coach Rosana Barbosa and assistants Karen Adkins and Hannah Henderson with the older girls heading into the practice gym to work on honing their basketball skills with mentors Todd Matlock and Hillary Deffebach.

he 61st Annual Jack County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo ended a three-day run last week. 

While attendance was down, those that did come out saw some fantastic rodeo action put on by the T-N-T Rodeo Company. Eight events were run each night with Thursday night being the most interesting with competitors working through a steady rain to give fans, even more excitement.

For more details, see the June 10 Jacksboro Herald-Gazette.

With summer in its initial stages, Jack county kids are already looking for things to do and are coming out in droves for camps.

Both Jacksboro and Bryson opened the camping season earlier this week. Jacksboro had a baseball camp and Bryson with a combined basketball/football camp for boys. Tiger Baseball Coach Blake Belcher had more than 50 kids in grades 3-9 looking to learn the finer points of the game.

PERRIN — Pirate athletes were honored for their hard work on and off the athletic field during the annual Athletic Banquet May 20.

Athletic Director Joe Merrett opened the 2 1/2-hour event by thanking exchange student Mika Wallner for everything he did as an athlete and presented him with a U.S. pillow autographed by many of his teammates.  Merrett then spoke of the year gone by and what a success it had been. For the Perrin seniors, it was time to celebrate.

“I thank everyone for their hard work,” Merrett said.