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Bowie blows through Ponder

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The Bowie offense came alive Friday night as it exploded for 63 points to lead the Jackrabbits to their first district win against Ponder in front of their home fans.
Bowie (2-5, 1-2 in district) won 63-21 in a game that was never close as the Jackrabbits did whatever they wanted to the Lions (2-6, 0-4).
Bowie scored on their opening possession as they marched down the field with their array of running from running back Ty Harris, quarterback Payton Price and slot receiver Joey Crawford. Price scored from four yards out to give the Jackrabbits an early 7-0 lead.
Ponder did not have much success running the ball early as Bowie got the ball back and marched down the field. Price hooked up with Crawford for a 19-yard touchdown pass on a seam route to give the Jackrabbits a 14-0 lead.
The Lions were able to respond as their quarterback went straight up the middle and down the sideline for a 39-yard touchdown run. They converted the two-point conversion to cut the lead to 14-8.
Still in the first quarter, Bowie responded fast. On what was a reverse run towards the left side, Crawford instead cut up the middle and veered back towards the right sideline as he took off, cutting back inside to avoid the final defender on his way to a 54-yard touchdown run.
The good extra point from Alan Miranda put the Jackrabbits up 21-8 and it was only the end of the first quarter.
The Ponder offense was able to drive down the field with their running attack as they finished the drive with a short touchdown run to cut the lead to 21-14. Still, the Lions defense could not stop Bowie.
The Jackrabbits offense started to see some more success with their down-field passing as Price was able to find Crawford and Boo Oakley for some big gains, but it was Harris who finished off the drive with a 16-yard touchdown run to make it a two score game 28-14.
With less than two minutes to go, it seemed like that was going to be the halftime score, but with multiple time outs left, Coach Dylan Stark kept his eyes open.
Stark used two of his timeouts to give his offense the ball back. They got themselves within field goal range, but were looking for more if there was an opening.
Price found it as he threw the ball up for a jump ball to Crawford, who came down with the ball for a 14-yard touchdown catch with 11 seconds left to put Bowie up 35-14 at halftime.
If there were any illusions the second half would see a comeback from Ponder, they were dashed as Crawford took a five-yard little out route up the sideline for a 44-yard touchdown to score his fourth down of the game and put the Jackrabbits up 42-14 not two minutes into the second half.
That was followed up by Evan Kennedy forcing a fumble on the kick-off and Hunter Pullen recovering the ball to give the Bowie offense another chance. The offense did not disappoint as they drove down the field. It was bruiser Jacob Skinner who scored from two yards out to give the Jackrabbits a 49-14 lead.
Ponder’s offense did respond next drive as their running back got loose on a 36-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 49-21, but with no end in site for the Jackrabbits offense to stop their assault, there was no worry from the Bowie sideline.
On their next possession Crawford carried the ball on a jet sweep on the Lions 40-yard line towards the right sideline. He cut just inside the corner and made another subtle cut inside to avoid the crowd of defenders.
With a head full of steam, Crawford could see the end zone and his fifth touchdown of the night right in front of him. Unfortunately, Crawford was tackled and despite spinning and lunging was marked just short at the one-yard line.
Instead, it was Price who scored on the next play for his fifth touchdown of the night to put Bowie up 56-21.
The Jackrabbits defense forced Ponder’s offense to turn the ball over on downs on their next drive and as the third quarter winded down, Bowie started putting in some reserves to put on some of the brakes.
The Jackrabbit offense still scored one more time early in the fourth quarter as Hunter Pullen scored on a six-yard run to give Bowie a 63-21 lead, but after that both teams just wanted to play till the clock ran down to zero. The fourth quarter passed with no further incident to give the Jackrabbits their first district win.

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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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