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Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers not only started off district play with a win at Bryson on Friday night, but did it in an authoritative way.
The Panthers won by mercy rule 84-35, ending the game with three minutes to go in the fourth quarter.
Both teams started slow. In a game where the combined score surpassed 100 points, neither team scored once in the first quarter. Both teams turned the ball over, with Saint Jo fumbling the ball away and Tyler Cook intercepting two passes in the quarter.
As the second quarter came, the Panthers offense was driving and the scoring would not stop for the rest of the game.
Running back Logan Brawner scored four touchdowns and recovered a fumble on defense in the quarter. Chance Bennett scored on a run short run as well to put Saint Jo up 38-15 at halftime.
Things continued for the Panthers in the third quarter. Brawner ripped off three long touchdown runs and Bennett punched in another short yardage touchdown run. Saint Jo’s score was pushed to 70 points, but the Cowboys did enough to stay in the game scoring two touchdowns, but trailed 70-29 heading into the fourth quarter.
Bryson scored early in the quarter to on a pass play to cut the lead to 70-35. The Panthers responded as Brawner scored his eighth touchdown of the game on a long run to make the score 78-35, only two points short of the 45-point mercy rule margin.
Saint Jo’s defense came through with a four-and-out stop on the Cowboy’s next drive to get the ball back. Driving into Bryson’s territory, Bennett powered his way for 14 yards and his third rushing touchdown. Putting the Panther’s up 84-38 and ending the game before regulation.
Saint Jo next hosts Newcastle at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears continued their winning streak on Thursday with its fifth straight win at Aquilla.
It took no second half heroics as the Bears took care of the Cougars in the first half, winning a one-sided game 54-6 with little trouble.
While a couple of early season wins took come from behind theatrics that frustrated Helms, the last two wins have been complete clinics as Gold-Burg took control from beginning to end.
The last Bears team on record to win five wins in their entire season dates back before Maxpreps started keeping track, which started in 2004.
While Gold-Burg is the feel good story of the season so far, the Bears bye-week will be focusing on gearing up for the last three games of the season against district play. It will take at least two wins to guarantee a playoff spot.
Gold-Burg plays its final home game against Trinidad at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23.

Nocona
It was not a happy homecoming for the Nocona Indians football team.
The Indians lost a one-sided contest against Callisburg 64-0.
It was a game where little went right for Nocona most of the night as early turnovers allowed the Wildcats a short field which led to three touchdowns in the first quarter.
Even without short field, the Indian defense had trouble containing Callisburg’s rushing attack most of the night. Big run plays by a variety of runners started to pop for the Wildcats by the game’s end.
Nocona’s offense found little success most of the night. The team had four fumbles recovered by Callisburg. The Wildcats also took advantage of special teams with two safeties on a blocked punt and a snap that went through the end zone for a safety.
It’s the type of game the Indians will be looking to forget as they travel to Henrietta this week. The winless Bearcats will be a different challenge with their spread it out, pass heavy attack, but Nocona will be looking to get the taste of this game out of its mouth.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 in Henrietta.

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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers got out of their early season funk as they beat fellow 1A Bellevue twice last week on two different days.
The Panthers won the first high-scoring game 15-9 before shut out the Eagles 10-0 in the second game.
Saint Jo had a rough beginning to its season, with mostly ugly losses and only one win.
Bellevue came in with no wins, but it was not unexpected due to it being the Eagles first year as a program since the late 1990s.
Bellevue led the first game for most of it scoring five runs in the first inning and just holding off the Panthers 5-4 heading into the sixth inning.
Saint Jo then caught fire, scoring six runs in the sixth inning to take its first lead since the first inning. The Eagles kept it close and scored four runs to make it a one run game 10-9 heading into the final inning.
The game had to be postponed due to Bellevue’s new field not having any lights to play past a certain time.
When the game was picked up three days later, the Panthers added five more run to their lead. The Eagles could not answer and Saint Jo won the game 15-9.
Devein Stewart and Logan Hoover led the Panthers four RBIs each while Charlie Evans and R Forrester drove in two runs each.
Trent Gaston pitched 4.1 innings and allowed two runs and struck out seven batters to lead the team.
Saint Jo’s defense committed four errors.
For Bellevue, Brayden Moore led the team with three RBIs while Bryce Ramsey and Ryan Jones each drove in two runs.
Ramsey pitched five innings and allowed four runs while striking out nine batters to lead the team.
The second game picked up right after the end of the first game. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the second game went similarly to the end of first game.
Saint Jo scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second inning and three in the third inning.
The Panther defense shut out Bellevue and the game ended with Saint Jo winning 10-0 after four and half innings due to run rule.
Sam Martin led the Panthers with four RBIs while Evans drove in two runs. Stewart pitched three innings and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out six batters. Hoover pitched two innings and struck out four batters while allowing no hits and walking two batters. The team committed no fielding errors.
For Bellevue, River Trail got the only hit in the game for the team. The team drew three walks, but could not get on base.
Blake Reese led the team with two innings pitched and three earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out two batters. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their second game against Muenster on Friday on the road.
The Indians lost 10-0 after five innings due to run-rule as the Hornets picked up all of their runs in one horrible inning for Nocona.
The score was tied at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. The Indian defense had navigated one out singles the first two innings without letting it morph into anything threatening.
Unfortunately, the third inning saw Muenster get going from the first batter.
Five singles, two doubles, two walks and a hit batter later saw the Hornets score 10 runs.
Nocona’s bats had been able to get someone on base in most innings despite Walker Murphey getting the team’s only base hit, but could not get a run to score.
The Indian defense did bounce back to not allow any runs in the fourth or fifth inning, but with no runs coming through for Nocona, the game ended after five innings.
Muenster won 10-0.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at home on Friday night against Muenster.
The Lady Hornets won 9-0, with most of the damage coming in the fourth inning against the Lady Indians.
Nocona gave up two runs in the first inning, but kept the game within reach after shutting out Muenster in the second and third innings.
Then came the fourth inning. Five fielding errors and two singles contributed to the Lady Hornets scoring six runs to go up 8-0.
The Lady Indians struggled to get their bats going all game though they did get some base runners that could have been worked home with some timely plays in other games.
Muenster added one more run in the sixth inning to make the final score 9-0.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a shootout at Era on Friday night.
The Lady Hornets won 25-15 in a game that ended early after six innings due to run-rule.
Saint Jo was trailing the early part of the game down 9-1 after three innings.
The Lady Panthers then had a huge offensive inning, scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to go up 10-9.
Era bounced back in the same inning and scored three runs to retake the lead 12-10, but Saint Jo then scored four runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth inning as it lead 15-12.
The Lady Hornets then embarked on an inning from hell for the Lady Panthers, more than doubling their score and not ending until Era was up by 10 runs to end the game early.
The Lady Hornets had scored 13 runs to win 25-15.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona’s Stone signs to play football

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Nocona senior Johnny Stone, son of Chelsi and Haydan, signed his letter of intent to play football at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie on Monday. Stone played running back and linebacker for Nocona on varsity for three years, helping the Indians go from two wins his first season to winning 16 games the last two seasons that resulted in playoff berths and a district title this past season. Stone has also spent time playing baseball, golf, basketball and track during his four years at Nocona. “They have a great program there,” Stone said. “Their business and financing program, it is five years for a masters so I thought that was a really good choice. They have a nice indoor gym. They really focus on the relgious part of school.” Stone plans to focus on business and financing major with maybe a minior in religious beliefs.

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