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Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a happy homecoming as they blew out Ponder for their second win.
The Indians won 50-22 in a game they never trailed as both sides of the ball showed what they could do when things went right.
Nocona’s offense took a little bit to get warmed up, but thanks to its defense forcing several three-and-outs, the Indians took the lead with a short run from Willy Salsman to end the first quarter and never looked back.
The short passing game from quarterback Carter Horn was working first for Nocona as the Lions sold out to stop the run. He found receiver Jason Sparkman twice in the second quarter for touchdowns as the Indians built a 20-0 lead at halftime.
The run game opened up in the second half for Nocona as the touchdowns really started to come. The Indians doubled their score in the third quarter alone offensively.
Ponder was able to score on some long passes during the game, but it was not enough to keep up with Nocona as it won 50-22.
Horn passed for 265 yards and three touchdowns while adding one more on the ground. Two went to Sparkman who caught 10 passes for 146 yards. On the ground Chandler Fenoglio led the team with 168 yards and one touchdown while Willy Salsman punched in two from the red zone.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers won their third straight game on Friday to stay undefeated as they beat Throckmorton at home.
While the Greyhounds gave the Panthers their toughest challenge so far this season by extending the game to the fourth quarter, Saint Jo still won by mercy rule 60-14.
The first quarter was competitive as the Panthers just could not get things rolling offensively. The game was tied 6-6 after the first quarter, but Saint Jo established its dominance in the second quarter by scoring 28 points, heading into the locker room leading 34-6.
Throckmorton scored on a big run to start the second half, but the Panthers made sure it did not lead to any momentum from the Greyhounds as the offense continued to score. A touchdown early in the fourth quarter was enough as Saint Jo won 60-14.
Eli Jones led the team with two touchdowns passing and two on the ground as he finished with 146 yards of offense. Logan Brawner led the team with 93 yards rushing on the ground and three touchdowns.
Pepe Gam led the team with three catches for 42 yards and the game ending touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. Gam also intercepted a pass along with Chance Bennnett. Bennett returned his for a touchdown early in the second quarter that Coach Mark Stevens felt was a turning point early in the game.

Forestburg vs Gold-Burg
A district matchup preview was played on Friday as Forestburg hosted Gold-Burg.
The Longhorns got some revenge from last year’s loss to the Bears with its first win in more than a season by the score 75-26.
A scary moment happened in the second half as Gold-Burg’s Will Hodges had to be care-flighted from the field as he sustained a neck injury. Bears Coach Leo Murguia said it was just a precautionary measure since it was a neck injury and that Hodges was able to check out of Cooks Children Medical Center at 4 a.m. with a muscle strain.
Murguia commended the people at Forestburg for how they responded and helped deal with the situation.
“We are small communities that look out for each other,” Murguia said. “When we compete against each other its one thing, but when one of us is hurt its great to see all of us in individual communities banding together and showing care and respect for each other.”
On the field Forestburg’s big Zach Bradley was too much for Gold-Burg as he had more than 400 yards of total offense and 10 touchdowns combined (six passing, four rushing).
Hayden Berry led the team with three touchdown catches while Braxton Osteen had two and Levi Balthrop had one. Tony Smith added one more touchdown on the ground.
The win was the first for Forestburg Coach Trey Cumby, but he chose to see it more as the first for this group of players after not winning last year.
“Winning can be contagious, but losing can get contagious too,” Cumby said. “More than my first head coaching win I think the big thing was to get our guys on the right side of a game and prove that we are a better team than we were after all of the hard work during the summer and in practice.”
Before going down, Hodges led the Bears with 121 yards on the ground and two touchdowns, a touchdown catch and nine tackles on defense. Kani Grace also scored on the ground as well, but it was not enough to keep pace with the Longhorns.

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Nocona baseball breaks playoffs drought

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The Nocona Indians wrapped up their first playoff berth since 2005 with a dominant win against Chico on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 10-0 in four and half innings due to run-rule to earn the district’s final playoff spot and break a nearly two decade drought.
Nocona was in a similar situation last year after beating Chico in the first game before losing twice more to the Dragons, once in the regular season finale and then in the play-in series.
The Indians won the first game earlier in the week 9-4, but knew they could play better. On Thursday they then proved it.
In the bottom of the first inning, Nocona got the scoring going as Wesley Murphey hit an RBI double. Two batters later, Landon Fatheree drove in two runs with a double.
Konnor Harrington followed with a groundout that scored another run as the Indians led 4-0.
In the second inning, Nocona kept up the pressure. Brody Langford drove in a run with a single. Later with the bases loaded, Caden Belcher was hit by a pitch that scored a run. A later passed ball allowed one more run to score as the Indians extended their lead to 7-0.
Nocona got one more run in the third inning. With the bases loaded, Wesley Murphey grounded into a fielder’s choice out that scored one run to make it 8-0.
The Indians got the final two runs they needed in the fourth inning. Walker Murphey and RJ Walker hit back-to-back RBI singles to put Nocona up 10-0.
Chico needed to score at least one run to prevent the game from ending early due to run-rule. Instead Walker Murphey completed the shutout performance by retiring the next three batters to end the game and the Dragon’s season.
The Indians won 10-0 and earned the district’s final playoff spot.
Wesley Murphey and Fatheree drove in two runs each to lead the team. Walker Murphey led the team with three hits. The team finished with 11 hits and drew six walks.
Walker Murphey also allowed zero runs and one hit while striking out five batters and walking none. The defense behind him committed only one fielding error.
Coach Zach Denson was beyond proud of this team for breaking the playoff drought.
“The amount of growth that they have shown throughout the year has been the most incredible I’ve seen in 13 years of coaching,” Denson said. “We went on a little skid in the middle of the year and that could have derailed our young team, but it actually brought us closer together as a unit.”

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Bowie baseball clinches playoff spot

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Troy Kesey gets in the stretch position at first base to catch the ball before a base runner tries to slide in. (Photo by Kim Seigler)

The Bowie Jackrabbits were able to clinch the final playoff spot on Thursday with a senior night home win against Henrietta.
The Jackrabbits won 6-1 in a game where all of the offensive action happened in the first three innings for both teams.
Bowie came into the game needing to win. Failing to do so would mean setting up a series with the Bearcats for the final playoff spot. If the Jackrabbits just took care of business against a team they had already beaten once pretty easily then they could avoid that whole situation.
Henrietta knew it was playing for the future of its season and struck first. A one out double followed by a single two batters later put the Bearcats up 1-0 against Bowie’s top pitcher Edmond De Leon on the mound.
The offense responded in the same inning with a two-out rally. Troy Kesey hit a single and Hayden Rodriguez drew a walk. De Leon then hit a double to drive one run in.
Cooper Hammer was then hit a by a pitch to load the bases up. Rayder Mann then drew a walk that scored one run and the Jackrabbits led 2-1 before the next batter popped up for out three.
Bowie added to that lead in the second inning. Boston Farris led off with a triple. Tucker Jones then hit a groundball to second base that resulted in an error that allowed Farris to score and make it 3-1 for the Jackrabbits.
Bowie then extended the lead in the third inning. Hammer hit a one-out single. Mann and Cy Egenbacher followed with hits that resulted in fielding errors for the Bearcats. The Jackrabbits scored one run on the second error.
Farris then hit a single that drove in another run. After a strikeout, a wild pitch then allowed another runner to score as Bowie was up 6-1. Another strikeout ended the scoring for the Jackrabbits.
The next three and half innings saw neither team score runs, though both had several chances with two runners getting on at times.
Henrietta’s best chance came in the fifth inning with two singles, but De Leon and Bowie’s defense shut that down. De Leon retired the final seven batters he faced as the Jackrabbits won 6-1.

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10 qualify for regional tennis after competing in district

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Gold-Burg’s Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas placed first and second in girl’s singles at district. (Courtesy picture)

Last week all of the area schools competed in their district’s tennis tournament and several schools had athletes qualify for the regional tournament.
In the end, 10 athletes finished second or better at district to move on for a chance to qualify for state.
Unfortunately, no players from Bowie were able to break through and qualify.
Many faced early seeding opponents from tennis power Vernon that ended their tournament.
The highest finish for a Bowie player was Lily Hodges who placed fourth in girls singles.
From Nocona, one girl was able to break through as Kaygan Stone finished second in girls singles to qualify for regionals.
Stone has had a tough year, dealing with shoulder problems that shortened both her volleyball and basketball seasons, but she bounced back this spring to qualify for regionals in tennis.
Her teammate Melissa Segura was not so lucky, as she finished third in girls singles and just missed the cut, having to settle for an alternate spot
At the 1A tournament, several schools had multiple athletes in one division qualify.
From Saint Jo, last year’s state qualifying girl’s doubles team of Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the division.
They beat out the second place finisher and their teammates, the girl’s doubles team of Maxey Johnson and Bailey Nobile, who also qualified for regionals.
From Gold-Burg, Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas placed first and second in girls singles to move on to the regional tournament.
Other schools only had one team or individual.
From Forestburg, the mixed doubles team of Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros finished second as they qualified for regionals.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter finished second in the boys singles division.

To read the full story and see pictures of all of the qualifiers, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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