Bison play Trojans tough but come up short in district final

By Mark Buffalo Sports Editor

The Carlisle Bison gave Marianna all it wanted but came up short, losing 63-51 in the finals of the 2A-6 district tournament Saturday at Bison Arena.

Marianna has previously mercy-ruled the Bison twice but not Saturday night.

The difference was the first quarter. The Trojans outscored the Bison 20-8. After that, the two teams played even for the final three quarters.

They were pulling out their phones and keeping up with the scores. It was a pretty close race for the runner-up spot between us and Mount Ida and Des Arc for a while. It was fun to follow the points throughout the day.”

Carlisle’s Anna Stovesand won the long jump with a distance of 14 feet, 4 3/4 inches. She also won the triple jump with a leap of 30 feet, 4 1/2 inches.

Laken Golden was fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 27 feet, 7 1/4 inches.

Madison Goodman was seventh in the shot put with a throw of 23 feet, 11 inches. Adrienne Barnett was eighth with a throw of 22 feet, 9 inches.

Carlisle finished fourth in the 3,200-meter relay with a time of 14 minutes, 1.51 seconds.

Running were Ella Johnston, Dalia Castillo, Belle White and Grace Reed.

Jessa Wiles and Bailey

Jo Dawson tied for seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 12.86 seconds. Golden was third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.80 seconds.

Kiersten Taylor was eighth with a time of 9.11 seconds.

Reed was seventh in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:58.84.

Golden was second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:05.84.

Reed was fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 3:08.33. White was sixth with a time of 3:08.77.

Stovesand was fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.30 seconds. Taylor was sixth with a time of 30.07.

Reed was sixth in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 16:04.60.

Castillo was seventh with a time of 17:14.48.

Carlisle won the 1,600meter relay with a time of 4:48.85. Running were Wiles, Dawson, Stovesand and Golden.

Shock noted that Reed and White both ran four distance races Saturday.

“I don’t know of many schools that had two kids run four miles worth of races,” he said.

“They ran the 3,200 to help make sure we could get the points for second place. It was supertough performances by them.”

Lady Bison 65, Lady P atriots 29

By Mark Buffalo Sports Editor

The Carlisle Lady Bison qualified for the regional tournament with a 65-29 win over Palestine-Wheatley on Tuesday. Carlisle will be making its 12th consecutive trip to postseason play, all under longtime coach Jonathan Buffalo. Carlisle led 13-4 after one quarter and 27-17 at halftime. The Lady Bison started to pull away in the third quarter, outscoring the Lady Patriots 15-5. The big quarter was the fourth as Carlisle

Braxton Cooney led Carlisle with 14 points. David Hayes and Kaidon Clingmon had 10 points each. Andrew Whaley and Isaiah Powell had five points each. T.J Barnett had three. David Faucett had two.

“I am very proud of my team,” Carlisle coach Jason Stewart said. “We played hard and gave it our best. We are looking forward to playing at regionals this Thursday.” This will be Carlisle’s second consecutive trip to the regional tournament after missing it the previous 10 seasons. The Bison will play Bay at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Buffalo Island Central.

Carlisle advanced to the finals of the district tournament with a 6552 win over Barton on