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FRIDAY NIGHT FINALS: Henrietta smothers Nocona in district opener

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By ERIC VICCARO

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Coming into the season, Nocona head football coach Brad Keck knew the Indians would face stiff competition in the 8-team District 2-3A Division II.

Henrietta, one of the teams many have predicted to qualify for the postseason, spoiled Nocona’s Homecoming as the Bearcats triumphed 55-14 at historic Jack Crain Stadium.

Nocona dropped to 0-4 overall, 0-1 in 2-3A. Henrietta remained unbeaten 4-0, 1-0.

“Henrietta is a good football team,” Keck said. “They have more team speed than we do, and they are big.”

Depth was also factor as the Indians lack of numbers proved too much to bear.

Kyle Sentell and Ryder Nobile both scored touchdowns for Nocona on short runs. Sentell set up those runs on pass plays to promising sophomore Marcus Carter.

“I thought sophomore Marcus Carter caught the ball well for us tonight,” Keck added. “All he has to do is get a little bigger and strong, but he has good hands.”

Carter was also proficient running routes.

But this night belonged to Henrietta, who scored a couple of defensive touchdowns en route to a 34-0 lead midway through the second quarter.

Cody Fletcher was the star of the show for the Bearcats, catching three TD passes and running for two more. Fletcher finished with 251 yards rushing and receiving.

Zach Trentham was chosen as homecoming king and Miriam Diaz was crowned the crown during a special ceremony at halftime.

Nocona plays at Holliday next Friday.

Score By Quarters

Henrietta                            20           21           7              7              –             55

Nocona                                0              7              7              0              –             14

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

H – Cody Fletcher 16 run (kick failed)

H – Fletcher 22 pass from Riley Watson (Jameson Dowell kick)

H – Logan Carter 17 interception return (Dowell kick)

Second Quarter

H – Kandon Bennett 27 fumble return (Dowell kick)

H – Fletcher 22 pass from Watson (Dowell kick)

N – Kyle Sentell 2 run (Emmanual Gayton kick)

H – Fletcher 74 pass from Watson (Dowell kick)

Third Quarter

N – Ryder Nobile 1 run (Gayton kick)

H – Fletcher 76 run (Dowell kick)

Fourth Quarter

H – Landon Davis 13 run (Dowell kick)

Gunter 47, Bowie 14

Lawson Mickler threw a 10-yard TD pass to Chase Hall and Jeffery Howard ran a kickoff back 98 yards for another score, but it wasn’t enough for Bowie on its homecoming.

Gunter had a 7-0 lead at the end of one period, and built it to a 21-7 cushion at halftime.

Lily Gill was chosen as homecoming queen and R.J. Oliver as homecoming king.

Look for photos of homecoming next week in The Bowie News and here at www.bowienewsonline.com.

Bowie is idle next week.

Nazarene Christian 78, Forestburg 22

Daniel Sharon had a pair of touchdowns and Malaci Moore added a score, before the bottom dropped out for homestanding Forestburg.

The Longhorns dropped to 3-2 with the loss.

The game was knotted at 22-all at halftime, but Nazarene Christian rolled after that.

Gold-Burg 36, Founders Classical 28

Homecoming King Colt Rainey threw a 19-yard TD pass to Billy Rogers and he had a game-saving interception as Gold-Burg defeated visiting Founders Classical.

Founders Classical, a private school team based in Lewisville, rolled to a 14-6 intermission lead before the Bears piled on 24 points in the third quarter to pull ahead.

Josh Belt powered TD runs covering 5, 40, 56 and 78 yards.

Gold-Burg evened its record at 2-2 with the win.

Mariah Reaves was selected as homecoming queen.

Gold-Burg plays at Covenant Classical in Fort Worth next week.

Saint Jo idle

The Saint Jo football team was off Friday as the Panthers (3-1) prepare for next Friday’s tilt at Montague County rival Forestburg.

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Friday’s Matches

District 2A-10

Valley View topped Saint Jo In a tough hard-fought loss for the Panthers, 25-20, 12-25, 25-19, 20-25, 15-12. Saint Jo now stands 9-15, 2-3.

Collinsville defeated Forestburg, 25-18, 25-20, 25-16. Forestburg is now 16-11, 2-3 in 2A-10.

Prairie Valley was too good for Gold-Burg, winning 25-14, 25-17, 25-15. Prairie Valley improved to 4-20, 1-4, while Gold-Burg dropped to 0-18, 0-5.

Ryder Nobile (13) scampers to the left before crossing over the goal line with a touchdown during the third quarter of Friday’s District 2-3A Division II game between Nocona and Henrietta at Jack Crain Stadium. Nobile finished with 113 all-purpose yards on the night. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)  

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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

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Baseball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

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

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