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Gold-Burg’s Metz scores TD in East win

Published

10 years ago

07/22/2014

In the second quarter of Friday’s Texas 6-Man Coaches Association Division II all-star football game, Gold-Burg’s Timothy Metz got open.
And Metz grabbed a touchdown pass from Tyler Mays in helping the East to a comfortable 68-38 victory over the West at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls.
“We were running a Jaybird offense,” Metz said. “I caught the ball downfield in the end zone.”
The weakside out pattern worked like a charm, he said.
“It was exciting to score and to be able to put points on the board,” said Metz, a Bowie resident who recently graduated from Gold-Burg.
Metz said the East team was motivated to win because the players heard all week the West was supposed to win.
“We expected more of a challenge,” Metz said. “But, we were all confident in our offense.”
Metz was the first-ever selection in Gold-Burg’s 10-year football history to be chosen to play in this acclaimed all-star contest.
“It was a learning experience for me,” Metz said. “We had a bunch of players from all over the state. We learned different offenses and defenses, and I made new friends with the other athletes and coaches.”
Last season, Gold-Burg finished second in district play and qualified for the playoffs despite finishing with a 3-8 record. The Bears lost to Strawn in the opening round of the Conference 1A Division II playoffs.
At Gold-Burg, Metz was an all-district linebacker and running back this season. The 6-foot-3, 225-pounder was also post on the Bears’ basketball squad and he competed in sprints during track and field season. Read more in the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.

Gold-Burg’s Timothy Metz. (File photo by Ryan Evans)

SPORTS

Bowie Baseball Interview

Published

6 hours ago

04/18/2024

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Seth Mann (left) and Tucker Jones following their win against Vernon on April 12, 2024.

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Bowie Softball Interview

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6 hours ago

04/18/2024

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Interview with Bowie softball players Kaylie Kinney (left) and Victoria Cox following their win against Vernon on senior night April 12, 2024.

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Softball Roundup

Published

1 day ago

04/17/2024

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The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.