Sports

8-2 in District 7-3A with Jacksboro went to a 12-5 win Tuesday, April 16 over visiting City View. The Tigers fell behind 1-0 in the _rst before the Tigers struck for three runs in the bottom of the for good.

Each week, the Jacksboro Herald-Gazette will recognize one athlete from each Jack County school as the Herald’s Athletes of the Week. The Herald’s Athletes of the Week are Brooke Reaves, of Jacksboro, Garrett Pennington, of Bryson, and Cole Keeney, of Perrin.

In its home finale, Bryson’s baseball team got out to a quick start and used solid pitching to defeat Huckabay, 121, in five innings Thursday, April 18.

Pitchers Garrett Pennington and Evan Ford struck out eight batters combined and held the Indians to just one hit.

Bryson coach Justin Ramirez said the solid start was not like his team.

“Us able to come out like we did and start strong was great,” Ramirez said. “We’ve been a middle inning team, so that was nice.”

Landrie Valenzuela, a Jacksboro High School senior and multi-sport athlete, has signed a national letter of intent to compete in track and field for Angelo State University. Valenzuela, who threw the shot put and discus while at JHS, said the family-like feel of the school and having family close by was key in making the choice.

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Perfection. Any coach will tell you it’s difficult, no matter how good you are, to run through a district schedule unbeaten. Injuries and constantly having a target on your back are just some of the reasons why. That’s what makes Jacksboro’s varsity softball’s running of the table in District 7-3A, a loop where the squad finished fourth a year ago, so impressive.

Jacksboro’s varsity softballers continued their trek through District 7-3A play with a 14-1, five inning win Thursday, April 11 over Vernon. The Tigerettes, who are 11-0 in the loop, clinched an outright district championship with the victory.

Each week, the Jacksboro Herald-Gazette will recognize one athlete from each Jack County school as the Herald’s Athletes of the Week. The Herald’s Athletes of the Week are Landrie Valenzuela, of Jacksboro, Erika Hernandez, of Perrin, and Brooke Bennett, of Bryson.

Jacksboro tricksters had a successful day at the 7-8 3A Area Track Meet last Thursday, April 11 in Breckenridge. First-place finishes were recorded by Kylie Tullous in the pole vault after a 9’6” try and Landrie Valenzuela in the shot put with a 41’3/4” throw.

Jacksboro’s girls golf team won the District 7-3A title last week at courses in Wichita Falls and Runaway Bay. The girls finished with a two-round total of 798.