Panther's Face Difficult Week of Losses

Last week was a difficult one for the Panther Boy's Basketball Team.  We began the week in Port St. Joe on November 8th with a crushing defeat of 56-26 to the St. Joe Sharks.  Garrett Swier led the team by putting 12 points on the board, followed by Micah McCaskill who scored 6, D.J. Pittman with 3, and Ken King, Noah Davis, and Hunter Jaikin with 2 points each.  We played hard but could not outrun those Sharks!  Our "B" team also fell to the Shark attack by a score of 18-1 with Bailey Singletary putting the only point on the board for the Panthers. 

On November 9th the Panthers hit the road again, to travel to Blountstown to face off against the Tigers.  Once again, we had to accept defeat as the Tigers overtook us by a score of 42-19.  Micah McCaskill led the Panthers in scoring by putting 8 points on the board, while Ken King scored 7, and Garrett Swier added 4 points to the board.  King also led the team with 10 rebounds followed by D.J. Pittman with 4 and Swier with 3.  Our "B" team was also defeated by the Tigers, with a score of 15-9.  Leading scorer was Ricky Ramer with 5 points, follwed by Hunter Jaikin and Zack Haney with 2 points each.  Zack led the team in rebounds with 5, followed by Ryan Rogers with 3 and Jaikin with 2. 

The Panthers ended the week on Friday, November 12th, at home facing off against the Tolar Bulldogs. The Panthers hoped the home court advantage would help us to overpower the Bulldogs, but unfortunately that would not be the case.  The Bulldogs defeated us by a score  of 50-32.  Ken King was hot today!  He led the team with 18 points, followed by Micah McCaskill with 9 points, Garrett Swier who added 4 points and Noah Davis who added 1 point.  McCaskill led the team in rebounds with 7, Pittman with 6, King with 5, Davis with 3, Duggar with 2, and Swier with 1.    The "B" team also fell to the Dawgs by a score of 8-16.  Bailey Singletary led the team with 4 points, followed by Zack Haney and Ricky Ramer with 2 points each.  Ken Thompson led the team with 4 rebounds, Haney followed with 3, Hunter Jaikin had 2 and Singletary got 1. 

All in all, it was a tough week for the Panthers, but we're going to put it behind us and start over this week with the Franklin County Seahawks on Tuesday, November 16th.  Come on out and support our team! 

Hosford Students Make Panhandle Conference Team in Football

Each year coaches from the Panhandle Conference get together and select the students from the areas middle schools who they feel were the very best in the sport and award them a spot on their "dream team".  This year seven students  from Tolar Middle school were given the distinct honor or being chosen as  members of this team.  Three of those young men were Hosford Students, Will Hosford, D.J. Pittman and Micah McCaskill.  We are very proud of their hard work this season.  All of our boys fought hard and represented our school very well. 

Panthers Win Again!

Thursday, Hosford School's Basketball team faced off against the Wewa Gators.  Once again the Panthers scored big, beating Wewa by a score of 35-15, proving that teamwork pays off in the end!   On our A team, "Everyone shoots, everyone scores", was almost the motto of the day.  Garrett Swier led the team with 9 points, Micah McCaskill socred 7, Ken King put 6 points on the board, D. J. Pittman and Noah Davis both added 4, while Zack Haney, and Bailey Singletary each scored 2 and Ricky Ramer hit a free throw to add 1 more.  Leading the team in rebounds were Ken King and Nathan Duggar each with 6, followed by Swier and Haney with 4, Pittman with 3, Davis with 2 and McCaskill, Ramer, Singletary and Hunter Jaikin with 1 rebound each. 

Our "B" team played great in Wewa as well.  They won their game against the Gators by a score of 8-6.  Leading them in scoring was Blade Barineau with 4 points, and Ryan Rogers with 4 points. Leading rebounder was Rogers with 9 rebounds,  Barineau with 1, Chase Jordan  and Ken Thompson each with 1 rebound.  As of today our boys teams, both A and B, have a record of 2-0.  Lets keep it going.  If our boys continue to play together and work as a team, this reporter sees no reason why they won't be this year's conference champs.  Come on out and help us cheer them on to victory! Next week we play the  St. Joe Sharks on Monday, November 8th in Port St. Joe,  Blountstown Tigers on November 9th in Blountstown and Tolar Bulldogs on Friday November 12th at 1:30 in Hosford.  Please come out and support our kids!  

WHEN CATS COLLIDE, PANTHERS WIN SEASON OPENER!!!!

Today the Hosford Panthers faced off against Altha for the season opener in Basketball.  With the homecourt advantage, the Panthers had a commanding win against the Wildcats. On "A" team, Garrett Swier led the team by putting 15 points on the board, one of which was a 3 pointer.  Micah McCaskill followed up with 6 points, Brody Holland with 5, Ken King with 3 and Ricky Ramer added 1 with a free throw.   Our "B" team also put their game down in the win column with a 14-3 victory over the Wildcats.  Ricky Ramer led the team by putting 6 points on the board, followed by Hunter Jaikin with 4 points, Blade Barineau with 2 points, and Cody Arnold with 2 points.  It was an exciting day at Hosford Gym.  Our boys, led by Coaches Davis and Solomon, are looking to have a great season.  Come on out and support them!  Our next game is Thursday, November 4th in Wewa!  We hope to see you there. 

Lady Panthers Win Again!

For the third year in a row, the Lady Panthers, have brought home the Panhandle Conference Volleyball First Place Trophy.  The Panthers went into the tournament in the fourth place spot and had to face the number 1 Tolar Bulldogs in order to advance to the championship game.  The first match was a Tolar Win. The next two went down as Hosford victories.  Blountstown, the number 2 team, defeated the Wewa Gators, to advance to the championship game.  Hosford and Blountstown faced off and Hosford won the first two matches to cinch the victory.  Our Lady Panthers, under the leadership of Mr. Alex Mercer and Miss Hannah Moore, were the two time defending champions and brought home the trophy for a 3-peat!   Way to go lady Panthers.

Bulldogs Take the Sting Out of the Yellow Jackets

The Tolar School football team finished the season  2nd place in their division and 3rd place in the Conference.  They defeated the Vernon Yellowjackets October 19th, by a score of 14-8 in overtime to clench the victory.  The Bulldogs had an amazing season with a record of 7 wins and 1 loss.  Several Hosford students joined forces with the Tolar Bulldogs to lead them to their winning season.  The Hosford students playing for the Bulldogs were:  Will Hosford, Nathan Duggar, Hunter Jaikin, D. J. Pittman, Alex Nowling, Micah McCaskill, Brody Holland, and Gunter Barber.

 

River Springs game added to Schedule

The Liberty County Middle School football team has filled the open date on their schedule. The Bulldogs will be playing River Springs at 7:00 PM EST Sept 28th. This game is a home game for the Bulldogs. Come out to show your support and enjoy some great middle school football on Sept. 28th.