Panola College
February 26, 2019 - Panola College is proud to announce the establishment of the Gene & Brenda Giles and Dean & Cindy Giles Endowed Scholarship.
This scholarship was established by Gene and Brenda Giles and will be awarded annually to a deserving freshman or sophomore student with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
February 25, 2019 - Panola College traveled to Whitehouse, Texas to play Grayson College in a double header. It was the last weekend of non-conference for the Ponies and the best test going into Region 14 east play.
Game 1 (7 innings)
Sophomore Tyler Davis (Houston, TX) took the mound for the Ponies and it was his show. Davis posted the first complete game of the season with a stat line of 7IP-2H-1R-0ER-2BB-9K. He was dominate from the first pitch. Trent Touchet (Shreveport, LA) and Kade Clemens (Gilmer, TX) added an RBI double each to give the Ponies their only two runs. Ponies win game 1 by a score of 2-1.
Game 2 (9 innings)
Game 2 was much different than game 1. A back and forth high scoring affair that ultimately led to Grayson winning 10-8. Chris Collet (New Orleans, LA) was the big offensive provider with a double and his second big fly of the year. Hayden Collins (Cypress, TX) and Garret Hermes (Rowlett, TX) each gave the Ponies solid outings on the mound.
Panola is back Thursday (2/28) and Saturday (3/2) as they take on the Paris Dragons to open up Region 14 East play. Thursday’s game is at Paris and Saturday’s double header is in Carthage, TX.
February 25, 2019 - The Panola Fillies split a pair of conference matchups last week; losing to Tyler 72-95 and beating Coastal Bend 98-74.
In the first matchup of the week against Tyler, the Fillies had four players in double figures with Aljica Falkowska leading all scorers with 17. Jolie Williams, Mikayla Etienne and Kellymar Zapata-Ramirez all finished the game with 10 points each.
In the Saturday match up against Coastal Bend, the Fillies completed the season sweep of the Lady Cougars. After a close first quarter, the Fillies never looked back. Maryia Adashchyk lead all scorers with 21 points. Behind her in scoring was Aljica Falkowska with 17, Daryna Barcharova with 14 and Jolie Williams with 12. Adashchyk also recorded a team high six steals on the night.
The Fillies move to 14-12, 10-6 in conference. They look to complete the sweep off Jacksonville Thursday on the road. In the first meeting of the two, the Fillies won 66-46. Maryia Adashchyk lead all scorers in that contest with 12.
February 25, 2019 - Panola traveled to Bossier Parish Saturday afternoon and was able to complete the season sweep of the Cavaliers with a 85-64 victory. The Ponies were able to jump out to a quick start and lead 46-30 at half. The lead would continue to grow, to as large as 28 before the final score of 85-64.
The Ponies had a very balanced attack offensively. Franklyn Penn led the way with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Tariq Simmons added 15 points and 4 steals. Kamari Brown and Tylan Dean both added double digit scoring with 12 points apiece.
The win sets the stage for a huge final week in Region XIV play. Currently, Panola is tied for second at 11-5 with Tyler. Tyler and Panola are both a game back of Region XIV leading Navarro who is sitting at 12-4. Panola plays Tyler at home on Wednesday with a 7:30 pm tip before traveling to Navarro Saturday afternoon. Panola will honor its sophomores before the game on Wednesday.
February 19, 2019 - The M.P. Baker Library will host Texas State Historian Emeritus and author, Mr. Bill O’Neal at noon on Tuesday, February 26th in the Murphy-Payne Community Rooms of the Library. Mr. O’Neal will speak on the influence of Jacob A. Riis, a pioneering newspaper reporter and social reformer. The lecture accompanies the current exhibit hosted by the Library. Jacob A. Riis was a Danish-American social reformer whose prolific writings and revolutionary photographs exposed the poor quality of life in New York City’s slums in the late 1800s. His photographic evidence of the plight of children living on the streets at that time is often credited for spawning what was later known as the Orphan Trains.
Mr. O’Neal is past president and Fellow of the East Texas Historical Association as well as recipient of the Association’s Ralph W. Steen and the Best of East Texas awards. He is also a member of the Western Writers of America organization. He has authored more than 45 books on a wide-range of topics. Mr. O’Neal taught history for more than thirty years at Panola College and received a Piper Professorship teaching award in 2000. Mr. O’Neal is a frequent public speaker and has appeared on television documentaries on The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, TBS, The A&E Channel and TNN.
The program is free and open to the community. A light lunch will be provided for the first 50 attendees. For additional information please call 903-693-2052 or email library@panola.edu.
February 18, 2019 - Panola College Rodeo Team was in Athens, Texas, the 9th and 10th to kick off the second half of the NIRA rodeo season. The Men’s Team held on to the lead in the Southern Region, as well as finished 1st as a Men’s Team for the rodeo. Here are the results for athletes:
Tyler Johnson competed in the bareback riding and made an outstanding ride with a score of 81 points to place him 1st in the short go. Night number two, Johnson put on another show for 83 points and earning a 1st place finish once again. Johnson, was the 2019 Bareback Riding Average winner. With this accomplished, he moved himself to the number one spot in the Southern Region for the bareback riding event.
All-around cowboy, Daylon Swearingen, competed in the Bull Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding, and Bareback Riding earning points in each event. Performing at his first NIRA rodeo, Swearingen, left his mark on Round 1 with an 80 point ride in the bull riding. He was able to win the average in the Bull Riding after competing his best at the TVCC Rodeo. In the Saddle Bronc Riding event, Swearingen, placed 4th in the first go and ended the weekend also placing 4th in the average. Swearingen, split 5th with 72 points in the Bareback Riding with Panola College Rodeo Team teammate.
Clayton Lowry, and his team roping partner were able to rope with the fastest time being 5.9 seconds in Round One of the TVCC rodeo, and with this run they took 1st place for that round. As the Long Round was wrapped up, Lowry and his partner made another run to be proud of with the time of 6.6 seconds and landing them 2nd in the final round. With fast runs, and high placings, Lowry and partner, were crowned 2019 Team Roping Average Winners. Panola College Rodeo Team showed up to dominate the Team Roping event as Evan Green and Blake Griffin, made a fiery run with the time of 6.4 seconds in Round One, placing 2nd. The Panola Ponies didn't stop there competing to win the Final Round, they did just that with the time of 6.1 seconds. Green and Griffin put in the hard work to accomplish this goal and it paid off winning 2nd in the average.
As we look back at the Bareback Riding, a name we are familiar with Travis Chapman, showed up in Athens, Texas to spur his bucking horse for 79 points in the First Round going into the Short Go with a 2nd place title. Wrapping up the Final Round, Chapman, split 5th with another Panola Pony, scoring 72 points. Chapman, made Panola College proud as he finished 4th in the average in the Bareback Riding event.
Logan Cook, former CNFR qualifier, competed in the Saddle Bronc Riding and Tie-Down Roping events this weekend. As Cook always comes to do, he set the bar high and made a 69 point spur ride, placing himself 3rd in the long round. Coming back to the short round, Cook was determined to top his abilities from the First Round, he made a show stopping ride with a score of 82 points and earning 1st place. To wrap up the Saddle Bronc Riding event, Cook placed 2nd in the average. In the tie down roping event, Cook took 5th place in the First Round with a 9.4 second run, but he didn't stop there. As the Final Round played out, Cook, was an 11 seconds flat to be 4th in the round. Cook’s accomplishments over the two rounds, landed him splitting 3rd and 4th in the average.
Panola Ponies Rodeo Team Members Maison Davis of Kilgore, Texas and Abbie Muckelroy of Center, Texas had two outstanding runs in the barrel racing event. With this accomplishment, both ladies qualified to compete in the Short Go of the TVCC Rodeo.
The Ponies will be back in action February 23rd and 24th in Kingsville, Texas.
February 18, 2019 - Panola Baseball had an outstanding weekend in Mississippi winning all four games they played. The four wins make the Ponies overall record 12-1 with one more trip back to Mississippi before conference play opens up.
Game 1 vs. Kaskaskia
The opening game for the Ponies came down to two big swings off the bats of Kade Clemens (Gilmer, TX) and Trent Touchet (Shreveport, LA). Touchet blasted a two run homerun in the top of the 4th to give the Ponies a 2-1 lead and then Clemens blasted a 3 run homerun to add insurance. Hayden Collins (Cypress, TX) threw the final 4 innings picking up the win for the first game of the weekend. Ponies win 5-2
Game 2 vs. Co-Lin
Chad Dallas (Orange, TX) took the bump for this one and was dominant. Dallas went 5 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, and struck out 11 batters (career high). Chris Edwards (Garrison, TX) and Garret Hermes (Rowlett, TX) combined for the final two innings and each added 3 strikeouts each. 17 total strikeouts for the Pony pitchers. The offense was lead by Austin Bost (Groves, TX) and Chris Collet (New Orleans, LA). Bost had a 3 hit game with 2 RBI’s while Collet blasted his first collegiate Homerun. Ponies win game 2 by a score of 7-3.
Game 3 vs. Kaskaskia
The rematch versus Kaskaskia was all Panola. The Ponies scored in each of the first four innings and never looked back. Joe Stevens (Gonzales, LA) led the way with 3 hits and 3 RBI’s. Blaine Parker (Hallsville, TX) got the start and the win going four solid innings allowing no runs. Panola pitching combined for its first shutout of the season. Ponies win 8-0.
Game 4 vs. Hinds
The finale of the weekend was a good one. Tyler Davis (Houston, TX) took the mound for the Ponies and was very good. He went a solid 4.2 innings giving up only 2 earned runs and striking out 5. He passed it off to Zach Goree (Woden, TX) foe the final 2.1 innings and Goree gave no hope. The Pony offense was lead by Thomas Grilli (Toronto, Canada), Cam Sibley (Dutchtown, LA), and Chase Hodges (Shreveport, LA). All 3 of them had 2 hits and Hodges added 3 RBI’s.
The Ponies are travel back to Mississippi this Saturday (2/23) to take on Frontier College and a rematch with Hinds.
February 18, 2019 - A slow offensive second half proved to be the difference maker Wednesday in the Fillies 59-73 loss to #2 Trinity Valley.
A tale of two halves, the Fillies set the tempo early, taking advantage of the Cardinals early foul trouble. They found themselves only down three going into halftime. Daryna Barchkarova scored the team high 15 points in the first half of the contest.
The Cardinals took full advantage of the Fillies offensive struggles, taking the lead up to 10 with three minutes to go in the third quarter. The Fillies battled back, cutting the lead to two with 6:25 left in the game. But following a timeout, the Lady Cardinals offense kicked into high gear and the lead would go back up.
Behind Barchkarova in scoring was Maryia Adashchyk with 14. Jolie Williams would contribute 13 of her own.
The Fillies bounced back Saturday against the Lady Cougars of Coastal Bend, 81-68. The Fillies started off strong, scoring 48 points in the first half. Williams and Falkowska score 32 of the teams 48 first half points; Williams contributing 22 of those points behind four three pointers and Falkowska scoring 10 of her own.
The Lady Cougars would come roaring back in the fourth quarter, going on a 13-3 run deep into the fourth, cutting the lead to single digits. But the Fillies would hold on despite the fourth quarter surge, evening out the fourth quarter scoring with late scores and free throws. Williams would lead all scorers Sunday with a career high 32 points, including five three pointers and 22 first half points. Behind her in scoring was Falkowska with 18. The duo would finish with 50 of the teams 81 points. Also rounding out the double-digit scoring was Jurnee Williams who scored a season high 10 points off the bench.
The Fillies improve to 9-5 in conference (13-11 overall) with the sweep of the Lady Cougars. The Fillies travel to Tyler College to face the Apaches Wednesday. The Fillies dropped the first meeting between the two, 87-68 back in January. Adashchyk lead the Fillies in scoring with 22.
February 18, 2019 - In a back and forth game at AJ Gymnasium, Panola was able to hold off #20 Trinity Valley 70-69. Panola found themselves down by as many as 8 points in the first half before cutting it to 34-33 at the halftime break. The second half featured many lead changes as neither team would have a lead larger than 6. Panola found themselves up 70-69 with 4.5 seconds when Lenell Henry stepped to the free throw line for two shots. He missed them both and Tyson Jolly got the rebound and went the length of the floor. His 24 foot three almost banked in as time expired.
Tariq Simmons led Panola with 15 points. Kamari Brown added 14 points and 5 rebounds. Lenell Henry was able to chip in 9 points and 9 rebounds.
The win puts Panola at 20-7 (10-5 Region XIV) going into their last bye of the season. The second place Ponies resume play next Saturday, February 23 at Bossier Parish.
February 14, 2019 - Panola found themselves in a huge hole Wednesday night at home vs Paris. Paris got off to a quick start and was up 44-23 with 4:22 left. Panola was able to make a good run to cut the lead to 50-43 at half. The Ponies found themselves down double digits again in the 2nd but started to chip away. A season high 17 3 point field goals made helped the Ponies pull out the 98-91 win.
Jeff Boyd led the way for the Ponies with 19 points and 5 rebounds. Lenell Henry added 15 points and 8 rebounds. Tariq Simmons and Tylan Dean both added 14 points. Josh Williams and Kamari Brown rounded out the double digit scorers with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
With the win, the Ponies improved to 19-7 (9-5 Region XIV) and alone in 3rd place. They return to action Saturday at 4pm as #20 Trinity Valley (9-4 Region XIV) comes to town for a pivotal conference matchup. Panola won the first matchup 84-65 on January 23.
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