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Football Roundup

Published

6 years ago

10/03/2018

Nocona
The Nocona Indians opened district play on Friday with likely their biggest challenge all year as they traveled to state powerhouse Gunter.
The Tigers have won and have been runner’s up for the state title the past two seasons, with this year expected to be no different. It showed as they beat the Indians 49-0.
Despite the one-sided score, under the circumstances Coach Brad Keck was proud with how his team held up.
“Truthfully, I thought we gave a good effort,” Keck said. “Our kids played hard. I’m telling you, Gunter is just that good. They are just so fast. Their team speed is just unbelievable. We knew that heading into the game, but you really don’t feel it until you see it live.”
The fastest person on the field for the Tigers was Dylan Jantz, who scored six touchdowns and totaled 247 yards on only 12 touches.
Despite all of that, Keck said he saw his team fighting to the bitter end despite being outmatched, something he was glad to see since the final result could have been more than it was ugly. It was one of those games where going through the game film is not even worth it.
With the toughest challenge out of the way, Nocona feels like they have a good chance this week against Henrietta to pick up their first district win. The Indians play at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 at Henrietta.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears had another potential win slip through their fingers Friday night as they lost at Northside. It was a relatively low scoring game for six-man as the Indians won 28-19 in a game that featured no scoring in the first half by either team.
The Bears had their chances. Two interceptions thrown inside Northside’s red zone and one dropped touchdown pass kept Gold-Burg out of the end zone, but their defense responded to each set back by stepping up to keep the game tied.
As both teams traded scores in the second half, the Bears found themselves trailing 22-19 late in the fourth quarter.
On a fourth and five with more than two minutes to go and all of their timeouts left, Gold-Burg had to hold the Indians to get the ball back for a chance to take the lead.
“We’ve got the guy boggled up in the backfield and somehow he snuck out of there,” Coach Gordon Williams said. “We had two guys with their hands on him and somehow he wiggled out and got five and half yards.”
Northside would go on to score on that drive to make it a two score game 28-19 and that is where the game ended. They play their first division II school this week against Woodson for their homecoming game and Williams feels good about his team’s chances. Homecoming activities are scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
An Air Evac helicopter will deliver the game ball at about 7:25 p.m. to help kickoff the game.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns are still searching for their first win after hosting Newcastle at home Friday night.
The bigger division I team was able to stop the Longhorns from doing what they wanted to do early on while they struggled to get many stops from their defense as the Bobcats won 70-13.
“Offensively we played decent,” Coach Kyler Roach said. “They did a good job at stopping the run out of our I-formation. They also did a good job at defending our spread offense.” The challenging opponents do not stop coming as the Longhorns play Savoy at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 on the road.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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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

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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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

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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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.