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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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Softball Roundup

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The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.

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Bowie, Nocona compete at area track

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Both Bowie and Nocona track teams competed at the area meets on Thursday, with the Jackrabbits running at Breckenridge and the Indians at Graham.
As a team, the Bowie boys placed sixth overall, the Lady Rabbits finished 14th overall, the Indians got seventh overall and the Lady Indians earned sixth overall.
The Bowie boy’s team had four athletes finish fourth or better to qualify for the regional meet while the Nocona teams had 10 athletes move on.
The Jackrabbits had Case Curry and Tyler Richey gets second and fourth place in the pole vault to move on.
Tucker Jones finished third in the 110 meter hurdles to qualify along with Russell Anderson who also finished third in the 400 meters.
The Lady Rabbits did not have anyone move on, with Harlei Hudson getting sixth in the 100 meters and the 4×200 relay team finishing in eighth place.
From Nocona, both teams had athletes qualify in several events. Defending state champion Graci Brown won both the 400 and 800 meter races. She also anchored the 4×400 relay to second place and earned second in the long jump.
On the boy’s team, Caden Gaston finished first in the long jump, second in the 100 meters and third in the 200 meters. Kyle Waters finished fourth in the 400 meters and third in the 800 meters.
Individual qualifiers included Meg Meekins placing fourth in the 200 meters, Cooper Waldrip placing second in the 300 meter hurdles and the boys 4×400 relay team finishing in fourth place.
The regional meets are both scheduled for April 19-20 if weather permits. The Bowie team will compete at Elmer Gray Stadium at Abilene Christian University. The Nocona team will compete at Springtown High School.

Results for all Bowie and Nocona athletes are in the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Lady Rabbits beat Vernon on senior night

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Catcher Chloe Kinney goes to tag a Vernon runner out as she tries to head back to third base.

The Bowie Lady Rabbits won their senior night on Friday against Vernon.
The Lady Rabbits won 10-4 against the Lady Lions.
Bowie was hoping it could play well after a couple of losses where one bad defensive inning had really set the team back. The Lady Rabbits knew it would be a good opportunity as they had beaten Vernon a few weeks back 14-3.
The first two innings saw Bowie’s bats fail to go off and challenge the Lady Lions much. In the second inning, Vernon hit a leadoff single and two fielding errors later allowed one run to score.
Down 1-0 heading into the third inning, the Lady Rabbits started to get hot with their bats following a flawless defensive inning.
After two singles, Serenity Klump drove in two runs with a double to help Bowie take the lead. After getting on third base, she eventually was able to score thanks to a passed ball.
Following a walk and a double hit by Sadie Britt, Kaylie Kinney followed with a double that drove in two more runs to make it 5-1 for the Lady Rabbits.
After a scoreless fourth inning, Vernon answered back in the fifth inning. After hitting a batter and walking another, a Lady Lion hitter drove the ball into the gap. An error trying to field the ball allowed not just both base runners to score, but the batter to get all the way around to score. Vernon cut the lead to one run 5-4.
Bowie got one of the runs back. Klump led off with a walk and Laci Goodwin then drove her in with a triple to make it 6-4.
After another flawless defensive inning, the Lady Rabbits added to their lead in the sixth inning to put the game away.
After three straight singles from Victoria Cox, Chloe Kinney and Rhyan Carle led off the inning, Klump cleared the bases with a double to drive in three runs.
Three batters later, she was able to score from third base after an error at catcher to make it 10-4.
The Lady Lions needed to come alive in the final inning, but besides a one out single, the Bowie defense was able to shut them down for the final two outs with no issue.
The Lady Rabbits won 10-4.

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