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Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears did not have a happy end to their homecoming week as they played Northside on Friday night.
While the Bears were able to stretch the game into the fourth quarter, the Indians still came out on top 48-0.
The defense kept Gold-Burg in the game early. After a score on Northside’s first drive, the Bears defense forced and recovered a fumble in their own endzone for a touchback to prevent the Indians from scoring.
Gold-Burg only trailed 8-0 heading into the second quarter, but after that Northside’s size and experience overwhelmed the Bears.
The Indians scored on their next two possessions, but Gold-Burg’s defense did get another stop before the half. The Bears trailed 22-0, but it was definitely an improvement on some of their previous scores at halftimes.
The third quarter saw Gold-Burg’s offense continue to struggle. After a nice dump off went for a first down in the Bear’s opening drive, Gold-Burg had failed to convert a first down since.
Things did not help when the Bear’s main offensive threat, Will Hodges, had to come off with an ankle injury. Gold-Burg had minor success with quick dives up the middle for a few yards at a time, but inopportune penalties or negative plays would stall the drives.
Northside scored on the first play of the fourth quarter to make the score 48-0 and end the game due to mercy rule.
The Bears travel to Woodson to play at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 4.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers picked up another win on Friday night at Wichita Christian to stay undefeated following a bye week.
The Panthers won 56-6, putting a stop to the game sometime during the third quarter.
Despite this, Saint Jo did not have the best of starts.
Logan Brawner scored one of his three rushing touchdowns on the Panthers opening drive to make the score 6-0, but after that Saint Jo’s offense struggled to get anything going.
The first two drives of the second quarter saw Eli Jones connect on touchdown passes to Pepe Gam. It was among the 30 points Saint Jo scored as it led 36-6 at halftime.
Brawner’s two other scores came in the third quarter while Ashton Stewart scored on a 30-yard run to end the game 56-6.
Brawner led the team with 124 yards rushing to go along with his three touchdowns. Brayden Bell was second with 85 yards on the ground and one touchdown. Gam led the team with three receptions for 61 yards and two touchdowns, all from quarterback Eli Jones.
On defense, the Panthers forced three turnovers. Connor Thompson recovered a fumble for a touchdown while Chance Bennett intercepted a pass and Hunter Garrett recovered the other.
Saint Jo plays its final non-district game this week at home against Carrollton Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 for homecoming.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians started off district with possibly their toughest challenge of the season as they hosted state-ranked Gunter.
The Tigers showed why they are ranked fourth in the state as they won 58-6 against the Indians.
Gunter scored the game’s opening 13 points in the first quarter. Nocona was able to capitalize on a 50-plus yard run from Chandler Fenoglio as he scored from a yard out later on fourth and goal. The score cut the lead to 13-6.
It would be one of the last positive things for the Indians as the Tigers blocked the extra point and returned it for two points to make it 15-6. Gunter did the majority of its damage in the second quarter as the Tigers led 51-6 at halftime.
Eventually a running clock started after Gunter’s final score midway through the third quarter and the teams played even the rest of the way.
The Indians hope to be rid of Gunter in their district next year with realignment.
The Indians next travel to Henrietta to play at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns played at former district opponent Newcastle on Friday.
The Longhorns lost 63-12 as the speed of the Bobcats proved to give Forestburg issues on the defensive side.
While offense had some success, it was not enough to keep up with Newcastle.
The Longhorns next host Savoy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Forestburg Lady Horns season came to an end on Monday night in their bi-district match against Crowell.
The Lady Cats won 3-1 against the Lady Horns to end their season.
Forestburg came into the match as the lower seed and likely underdog. It did not stop the Lady Horns from winning their playoff match last year, but Crowell was a 26 win team that just so happened to have the misfortune of being in a district with top-ranked team Harrold.
Thankfully for Forestburg, one of the Lady Cats top hitters was out with an injury. While Crowell had a bit more size all over the court and brought the much bigger crowd, there was still a chance for the Lady Horns.
The match started and set one saw Forestburg slowly whittle away the Lady Cats hitting confidence. The Lady Horns only have a few players that can hit the ball at the net and Crowell had some tough blockers to deter them. So Forestburg was content to play conservative and tip the ball over for most of the night.
In the first set it worked. The Lady Cats would made a ball control error or eventually make a hitting error out of bounds or into the net while the Lady Horns tried to play clean and scrappy.
Also, Forestburg got a big boost from middle blocker Taylor Griggs who got her hands on several balls which exasperated Crowell’s hitting woes.
The Lady Horns won set one commandingly 25-18 to give them some confidence heading forward. Unfortunately, the conservative style of play came back to bite them.
Set two saw the Lady Cats finally put things together stopped making so many hitting errors.
Outside of Griggs, Forestburg did not offer a lot of resistance at the net during some rotations which meant its back row had to sometimes suffer full force hits which was hard to deal with.
Also, the Lady Horns back row was playing up to take away any tipping Crowell might pull, so the Lady Cats started aiming for the deep back row where no one was. It was a high risk shot since it was so close to going out, but as the match wore on more of them started to go in much to Forestburg’s dismay.
While the Lady Horns were content to play scrappy and tip the ball over until Crowell made a mistake, the Lady Cats were cleaning up the errors and making Forestburg pay for not being aggressive.
The next two sets saw Crowell win easily 25-11 and 25-14 as Forestburg could not find an answer. Even as the Lady Horns tried to mix in more aggressive hits at the net, the results were up and down and frustrated their players.
The fourth set looked like it was heading the same way as the Lady Cats were up 17-8.
Forestburg made one last mighty push, going on an 8-2 run to cut the lead to three points 19-16. Unfortunately, that would be as close as the Lady Horns would get.
Crowell closed the match on 6-3 run to win 25-19 and 3-1 overall.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870328&T=1
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