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Saint Jo beats Gold-Burg 76-27

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Old district foes faced off Friday night as both Saint Jo and Gold-Burg showed how far each team has come since last year.
Following a switch in location due to rainfall, the game was played at Saint Jo. The Panthers roster doubles the Bears in terms of depth and had the advantage of size, but Gold-Burg let Saint Jo know they were there to play early in the game.
The Bear’s Blake Allen threw a touchdown and ran for another as Gold-Burg jumped out to a 20-14 lead as neither team could stop the other. The Bears recovered an onside kick and looked to take a two score lead.
Saint Jo answered by stopping Gold-Burg on fourth down and then Preston Lyons scored his second touchdown on a 8-yard run, the two-point kick giving the Panthers the first lead of the game midway through the second quarter 22-20.
The defense was able to stop Gold-Burg again on fourth down and Saint Jo added to their lead with Wyatt Geurin scoring from a yard out to go up 28-20. The Bears were looking to tie the game up before halftime as they drove the ball down inside the Panthers 5 yard-line, but fumbled the ball and Geurin recovered heading into halftime.
Saint Jo was able to extend its lead on their first possession of the third quarter. Lyons found Logan Morman from 19 yards out to go up 36-20. The Panther defense recovered another fumble. Gold-Burg’s defense did hold for the first time in the game, but their offense could not cut the lead down.
Lyons then threw a 23 yard touchdown pass to Hunter Garrett to go up 42-20. Saint Jo then recovered an onside kick and Blake Anderson scored from 10 yards out to go up 50-20 and the game seemed like it was veering to be out of reach.
Another attempted onside kick from the Panthers went wrong as the Bear’s Allen scooped the ball up and returned it for a touchdown to cut the lead to 50-27. The week before, Gold-Burg had almost pulled off coming back from more than three scores down and showed earlier in the game they could compete with Saint Jo, but they would need to get some stops.
The Panthers never let up though. Anderson scrambled 40 yards for a touchdown to give Saint Jo a 58-27 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Gold-Burg Coach Gordon Williams knew the game was getting out of reach but he was losing important players. Three of his starters went down during the game. A fourth one was banged up, but could have played through it, but Williams knew the smart thing to do would be to hold him.
Both teams played all of the fourth quarter with second and third team players. The Panther’s Anderson feasted on the competition, scrambling for two more long scores until Saint Jo eventually stopped the game by slaughter rule, the final score being 76-27.

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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.

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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.

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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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