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FRIDAY NIGHT FINALS: Cards stack deck, beat Bowie

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By ERIC VICCARO

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Bowie High School head football coach Dylan Stark beefed up the Jackrabbits schedule in 2014, and Friday’s opponent was no different.

Pottsboro used a balanced offense and took advantage of two costly Bowie first-half fumbles to record a 52-19 victory on Friday at Jackrabbit Stadium.

“I thought we moved the ball,” Stark said. “We did some good things in the first half. We had two big turnovers, and you can’t do that against a good team. The halftime score would have been closer if we didn’t.”

Stark complimented Pottsboro on passing the ball just as well as threw it.

Bowie wraps up non-district play on Sept. 26 against Gunter. That will mark Homecoming Night for the Jackrabbits.

Bowie actually had the lead early as Jeffery Howard, promoted to the varsity roster in recent days, caught a 13-yard TD pass from Lawson Mickler.

Pottsboro claimed the lead late in the first quarter on a Thadeus Flinn four-yard run. Flinn finished the night with three TD runs.

Bowie closed the gap on Pottsboro in the second quarter as Brandon Hutto went up the middle on a 30-yard TD rumble. The Jackrabbits cut the Cardinals’ lead to 17-13 with less than six minutes left before intermission.

That’s when Pottsboro scored the game’s next five touchdowns, and effectively put the game out of reach. Jesse Vaughn contributed a 14-yard run for the Jackrabbits in the fourth quarter.

Score By Quarters

Pottsboro            10           28           14           0              —           52

Bowie                   6              7              0              6            —           19

Records: Bowie 1-3; Pottsboro 3-1

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

B — Jeffery Howard 13 pass from Lawson Mickler (kick failed)

P — Abdul Mal 35 field goal

P — Thadeus Flinn 4 run (Mal kick)

Second Quarter

P — Zane Pritchett 3 run

B — Brandon Hutto 30 run (Francisco Flores kick)

P — Flinn 9 run (Mal kick)

P — Pritchett 29 TD (Mal kick)

P — Myles Daniels 59 pass from Pritchett (Mal kick)

Third Quarter

P — Flinn 5 run (Mal kick)

P — Myles Daniels 80 pass from Pritchett (Mal kick)

Fourth Quarter

B — Jesse Vaughn 14 run (kick failed)

Other Games

Forestburg 80, Denton Calvary 75

At Denton, Forestburg’s Malaci Moore powered his way to the end zone for the game-winning touchdown on a 6-yard run with 20 seconds left as the Longhorns won this non-district shootout.

Forestburg racked up a whopping 629 yards on 60 plays, an average of 10.5 yards per play.

Moore finished the game with 12 carries for 159 yards (13.3 per carry) and four touchdowns. He also caught five passes for 106 yards and a TD.

Quarterback Matthew Wallace was 10-of-19 passing for 189 yards, four TDs and two interceptions.

Daniel Sharon picked off a pair of Denton Calvary passes which also helped the Longhorns win.

Score By Quarters

Forestburg          22           22           8              28           —           80

Denton Calv.      22           23           16           14             —           75

Forestburg’s Record: 3-1.

Saint Jo 72, Northside 26

At Vernon, Saint Jo’s Laramie Brawner ran all over Northside, rushing for 234 yards on 20 carries with seven touchdowns in the Panthers’ non-district victory.

Anthony Gutierrez added a pair of TD’s, including one on a fumble recovery in the end zone. Brawner also threw for a TD pass to teammate Wyatt West.

Saint Jo was up 20-14 at the end of one quarter, but rolled to 38 second-quarter points to put Northside away.

The game was stopped with 3:27 remaining in the fourth quarter.

This marked Saint Jo’s first conquest of Vernon Northside since the 2010 season.

Score By Quarters

Saint Jo                 20           38           14           X             —           72

Northside            14           12           0              X             —           26

Saint Jo’s Record: 3-1.

Volleyball Matches

Lindsay def. Forestburg 25-6, 25-6, 25-6. Forestburg drops to 16-9, 2-1.

Saint Jo def. Prairie Valley 25-19, 22-25, 25-9, 25-10. Saint Jo improves to 8-13, 2-1 while Prairie Valley is 3-19, 0-3.

Valley View def. Gold-Burg 25-3, 25-9, 25-6. Gold-Burg is 0-16, 0-3.

Bowie plays host to Jacksboro while Nocona travels to Boyd today in District 3A-9 action today. Matches begin with junior varsity contests at 11 a.m.

Chase Hall (11) turns upfield with the ball during the first quarter of Friday’s non-district football game between Bowie and Pottsboro at Jackrabbit Stadium. Bowie suffered a 52-19 loss. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Baseball Roundup

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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers got out of their early season funk as they beat fellow 1A Bellevue twice last week on two different days.
The Panthers won the first high-scoring game 15-9 before shut out the Eagles 10-0 in the second game.
Saint Jo had a rough beginning to its season, with mostly ugly losses and only one win.
Bellevue came in with no wins, but it was not unexpected due to it being the Eagles first year as a program since the late 1990s.
Bellevue led the first game for most of it scoring five runs in the first inning and just holding off the Panthers 5-4 heading into the sixth inning.
Saint Jo then caught fire, scoring six runs in the sixth inning to take its first lead since the first inning. The Eagles kept it close and scored four runs to make it a one run game 10-9 heading into the final inning.
The game had to be postponed due to Bellevue’s new field not having any lights to play past a certain time.
When the game was picked up three days later, the Panthers added five more run to their lead. The Eagles could not answer and Saint Jo won the game 15-9.
Devein Stewart and Logan Hoover led the Panthers four RBIs each while Charlie Evans and R Forrester drove in two runs each.
Trent Gaston pitched 4.1 innings and allowed two runs and struck out seven batters to lead the team.
Saint Jo’s defense committed four errors.
For Bellevue, Brayden Moore led the team with three RBIs while Bryce Ramsey and Ryan Jones each drove in two runs.
Ramsey pitched five innings and allowed four runs while striking out nine batters to lead the team.
The second game picked up right after the end of the first game. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the second game went similarly to the end of first game.
Saint Jo scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second inning and three in the third inning.
The Panther defense shut out Bellevue and the game ended with Saint Jo winning 10-0 after four and half innings due to run rule.
Sam Martin led the Panthers with four RBIs while Evans drove in two runs. Stewart pitched three innings and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out six batters. Hoover pitched two innings and struck out four batters while allowing no hits and walking two batters. The team committed no fielding errors.
For Bellevue, River Trail got the only hit in the game for the team. The team drew three walks, but could not get on base.
Blake Reese led the team with two innings pitched and three earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out two batters. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their second game against Muenster on Friday on the road.
The Indians lost 10-0 after five innings due to run-rule as the Hornets picked up all of their runs in one horrible inning for Nocona.
The score was tied at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. The Indian defense had navigated one out singles the first two innings without letting it morph into anything threatening.
Unfortunately, the third inning saw Muenster get going from the first batter.
Five singles, two doubles, two walks and a hit batter later saw the Hornets score 10 runs.
Nocona’s bats had been able to get someone on base in most innings despite Walker Murphey getting the team’s only base hit, but could not get a run to score.
The Indian defense did bounce back to not allow any runs in the fourth or fifth inning, but with no runs coming through for Nocona, the game ended after five innings.
Muenster won 10-0.

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

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at home on Friday night against Muenster.
The Lady Hornets won 9-0, with most of the damage coming in the fourth inning against the Lady Indians.
Nocona gave up two runs in the first inning, but kept the game within reach after shutting out Muenster in the second and third innings.
Then came the fourth inning. Five fielding errors and two singles contributed to the Lady Hornets scoring six runs to go up 8-0.
The Lady Indians struggled to get their bats going all game though they did get some base runners that could have been worked home with some timely plays in other games.
Muenster added one more run in the sixth inning to make the final score 9-0.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a shootout at Era on Friday night.
The Lady Hornets won 25-15 in a game that ended early after six innings due to run-rule.
Saint Jo was trailing the early part of the game down 9-1 after three innings.
The Lady Panthers then had a huge offensive inning, scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to go up 10-9.
Era bounced back in the same inning and scored three runs to retake the lead 12-10, but Saint Jo then scored four runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth inning as it lead 15-12.
The Lady Hornets then embarked on an inning from hell for the Lady Panthers, more than doubling their score and not ending until Era was up by 10 runs to end the game early.
The Lady Hornets had scored 13 runs to win 25-15.

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

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Nocona’s Stone signs to play football

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Nocona senior Johnny Stone, son of Chelsi and Haydan, signed his letter of intent to play football at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie on Monday. Stone played running back and linebacker for Nocona on varsity for three years, helping the Indians go from two wins his first season to winning 16 games the last two seasons that resulted in playoff berths and a district title this past season. Stone has also spent time playing baseball, golf, basketball and track during his four years at Nocona. “They have a great program there,” Stone said. “Their business and financing program, it is five years for a masters so I thought that was a really good choice. They have a nice indoor gym. They really focus on the relgious part of school.” Stone plans to focus on business and financing major with maybe a minior in religious beliefs.

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