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Forestburg

The Forestburg Longhorns got it done on senior night as they beat Fannindel to become district champions on Friday night.
The Longhorns built an early two touchdown lead in the first quarter and was able to hold on to that margin the rest of the way to win 46-31. Forestburg built a 13-0 lead in the first quarter before losing its best player, big Zach Bradley, as he was ejected due to a targeting hit on an onside kick.
The Longhorns turned to its passing attack as sophomore Braxton Osteen stepped up big time.
Tony Smith also had some big runs down the stretch to run some clock and ice the game as Forestburg won against a Falcons team many favored to win the district title easily.
Coach Trey Cumby said Osteen did a phenomenal job as he completed 14 passes for 207 yards and five touchdowns to five different receivers. Smith also completed one pass for a touchdown to Osteen, caught a touchdown and led the team with 66 yards rushing.
Bradley scored both of the team’s first scores on the ground and in the air before he was taken out.
Cumby feels good about his team’s ability to match up with any team’s physicality, but Forestburg will have to do its best job dealing with fast players in space than it’s ever done.
The Longhorns will play at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Newcastle.

Bowie
The Bowie Jackrabbits finished their season on Friday at home against eventual district champion Pilot Point and things did not go well.
The Bearcats hit hard and fast as they won 67-0 against a beat up Jackrabbits team.
Pilot Point scored 26 and 20 points in the first and second quarter before taking its foot off the gas pedal a bit in the second half.
Bowie’s offense managed 48 yards of total offense and turned the ball over once. Compared to the Bearcats almost 600 yards of offense, the Jackrabbits were just overmatched in every way.
With district realignment coming and memory of this season behind them, the Jackrabbits can try to move forward with the idea that its district can hopefully be easier and the team can only play better next year.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians were one game removed from having their playoff hopes dashed and were playing for pride as they traveled to City View on Friday.
Unfortunately, the Mustangs were playing for a two-seed and got out to an early lead where they stayed, winning 48-28.
The game started competitively as the Indians answered City View’s first touchdown with one of their own to cut the lead 7-6.
From there though it was all Mustangs, who was on top 27-6 aft the first quarter.
Nocona did control the ball for about half of the second quarter and finished with a touchdown to try and cut into the lead, but City View answered before halftime and was sitting pretty 34-12. After two more touchdowns, in the third quarter the lead was 48-12.
The Indians Coach Rick Weaver said Mustangs Coach Rudy Hawkins gained his respect by pulling his starters in the fourth quarter to avoid running up the score. Nocona took advantage and scored two touchdowns to cut the lead to 48-28 as the Indians fought until the bitter end of their season.
Nocona ends the season with a 4-6 record and 2-4 district record. Weaver said he heard from someone when he took the job he would be lucky to go 2-8.
He is sick to not be in the playoff chase, but was proud of how his team competed in the majority of their games, with a chance for a playoff spot lasting until the final two games of the season.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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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.

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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.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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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.

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