Sports
Male Athlete of the Week
BY BILL KELLY
Dalhart Texan
The Dalhart Texan Male Athlete of the Week is Chance Juilfs. Juilfs is a sophomore on the Dalhart Golden Wolves baseball team, and this is his first time to be named athlete of the week. Normally athlete of the week is based on performance during the previous week, but sports are now basically over and there were no events last week. There are always a few athletes that are missed for one reason or another, mainly due to someone else also performing well that same week, so the last two-three weeks in May are used to catch up on at least of few of those and give them the recognition they deserve.
Juilfs is definitely one of the Dalhart baseball players that deserves recognition. He played catcher, one of the toughest positions on the diamond, and did a very good job of taking over for an outstanding senior who had graduated the previous year. Juilfs had a .919 fielding percentage, which was highest on the team for any of the regular players, and is something needed from that position in particular. He did a good job of working with the pitchers, and was the catcher no matter who was on the mound. (On some teams, certain pitchers will do better with one catcher over another and so might have their own particular catcher.)
Juilfs improved on offense throughout the season, and was at his best during district when it mattered most. He had a .299 average, which is a little higher than many catchers will have. Juilfs also had a .382 on-base percentage.
Juilfs had 14 RBIs during the season. That was actually third on the team, despite batting late in the order. He scored six runs himself, but since catchers often use courtesy runners, many of Juilfs’ potential runs were actually scored by a different runner after he had made it on base. He didn’t have any homeruns this year, but few high school hitters do hit homers and he did have four doubles and a triple.
Juilfs has two years remaining, and will only improve with more practice. He should be one of Dalhart’s best players and a leader on the team over the next two years.
Female Athlete of the Week
The Dalhart Federal Savings & Loan Female Athlete of the Week is Audra Jobe. Jobe is a senior on the Dalhart Lady Wolves softball team, and this is her first time to be named athlete of the week. Normally athlete of the week is based on performance during the previous week, but sports are now basically over and there were no events last week.
There are always a few athletes that are missed for one reason or another, mainly due to someone else also performing well that same week, so the last two-three weeks in May are used to catch up on at least of few of those and give them the recognition they deserve.
Jobe is definitely one of the athletes that deserves recognition. She was the only senior on the Dalhart softball team this year, and was also the main catcher on the team. That made her the team’s main leader on the field, and she called timeouts when needed to either settle her pitcher down or all the infielders.
Jobe was a leader off the field as well, during practices and warmups. Jobe was also one of Dalhart’s better batters this year. Based on the games put into the Gamechanger app, she had a .600 batting average, the highest on the team. That included three doubles and three triples.
Jobe usually batted in the heart of the order, when hopefully there were some runners on base, and she led the team in RBIs with 22. Jobe also did a very good job behind the plate.
Her fielding percentage was .897, and she did an excellent job of working with the pitchers during games and practices. Jobe shined against Highland Park during a tournament in particular. During that game, she had three hits with seven RBIs, while scoring one run of her own.
She also drew one walk. The Lady Wolves won that game 16-9, so Jobe’s seven RBIs were the difference in the game. Jobe had an outstanding softball season this year for the Lady Wolves, and they will miss her leadership next year.
