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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Gold-Burg girls a contender

The Gold-Burg High School girls’ basketball team moved into playoff contention with a 47-40 victory on Friday at Tioga.
The Lady Bears moved into fourth place in District 1A-21 with the win.
At Saint Jo
Saint Jo 39, Midway 24
Charity Brawner netted a game-high 21 points and Saint Jo held Midway to 12 points through the first three quarters in this Lady Panther conquest.
Marysol Avila added 10 points.
BOYS
At Boyd
Nocona 60, Boyd 58
The Nocona High School boys’ basketball team outscored Boyd 6-4 in overtime en route to a 60-58 victory in District 3A-9 action on Friday.
The Indians (15-8, 3-2) won with a late steal, and remained in contention for a playoff berth with a win here.
The teams were knotted at 54-all at the end of regulation.
Riley McCasland poured in 22 points, including 4-of-5 from the free-throw line and he connected on two 3-pointers. Read more in The Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s Charity Brawner (10) and Emily Haney listen as head coach Kyle Sivadon talks during a District 1A-21 game between the Lady Panthers and Gold-Burg from back in December. Brawner scored 21 points in Saint Jo’s win over Midway Jan. 15. (News file photo)
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Basketball games rescheduled to Saturday

With the weekly icy weather in Montague County knocking out school almost all week, Tuesday varsity basketball games were moved to the weekend since the games were too important to cancel this late into the season.
For Bowie, the game hosting Henrietta is scheduled for Feb. 4, with the varsity girls game starting at 11 a.m. and the boys following at 12:30 p.m. There will be no junior varsity games.
At Nocona, the teams are hosting Seymour on Nov. 4. The Lady Indians’ game is scheduled to start at noon and the boy’s game will follow at 1:30 p.m. There will be no junior varsity games.
Gold-Burg is hosting Forestburg on Feb. 4. There will be only varsity games with the girl’s scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and the boy’s following at 11:30 a.m.
Later in the day, Prairie Valley varsity basketball teams will travel to play at Midway on Feb. 4. The girl’s game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. and the boy’s game will follow at 5:30 p.m.
Bellevue basketball teams also will be on the road later in the day on Feb. 4. The Eagles travel to play Slidell with the girl’s game scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. and the boy’s game playing afterwards at 6 p.m.
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Saint Jo Boys Interview

Interview with Saint Jo basketball players Kile Thurman (left) and Collin Thomas following their win against Gold-Burg on Jan. 27, 2023.
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Saint Jo Girls Interview

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