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Bears dominate Falcons 51-6

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The Gold-Burg Bears exercised several years of demons Friday night with their win against Fannindel at home.
The Bears dominated 51-6 against a Falcons team that has run the district ever since Gold-Burg entered it in 2018.
Fannindel has won the district title three of the four seasons and every year the Falcons have beaten the Bears.
With both teams coming off blowout wins to start district play, the winner would be in firm control of winning the district title.
The Bears started off the game hot. Running back Jayon Grace carried the ball on the first play of the game and took it 60 yards for a touchdown to put Gold-Burg up 8-0.
Fannindel has several explosive skill position athletes who can score when they get into the open field. On the Falcons first drive, a long touchdown run where the running back reversed his field ended up getting called back due to a penalty.
Facing a fourth and long though, another Fannindel player got lose on a run and scored on a 37-yard run to cut the score to 8-6.
On the Bears next drive, Gold-Burg was facing a fourth down when Grace again got loose, this time scoring on a 59-yard touchdown run to go up 14-6.
Fannindel needed to respond, but bobbled snaps and penalties forced the Falcons backwards in what turned out to be the story of the game for them.
Unlike the first drive though, the Bears defense kept the Fannindel athletes contained and forced one of several turnovers on downs on the night.
Gold-Burg looked like it would score on its next drive, getting to the Falcons 10-yard line. Unfortunately a fumbled snap allowed Fannindel to recover the fumble.
The Bears defense held firm as rushers Kolton Whitaker and Aidan Foster combined to keep the Falcons runners from getting outside and making plays. That along with Fannindel’s problems with penalties and bad snaps made it tough all night.
While the fear of the big play was there with several of the Falcon athletes having the ability to score on any given play, the degree of difficulty was high since sustained drives were few and far between on Friday night.
Gold-Burg got the ball back after a failed fourth down conversion on Fannindel’s 19-yard line at the beginning of the second quarter. The Bears scored on their next play as Kani Grace found Jack Henry wide open on a halfback pass to put Gold-Burg up 22-6.
The rest of the second quarter was a defensive struggle. The Bear defense got two more stops near midfield, but Fannindel’s defense also got a stop.
Gold-Burg got the ball with less than two minutes to go before halftime. The team drove to the Falcon’s goal line where quarterback Jayton Epperson found Kani wide open on a nine-yard touchdown pass with 29 seconds before halftime.
The Bears led 30-6 at halftime.
If things were going to be any different in the second half, Fannindel did not show it on the first drive. The Falcons were in such long yardage and backed up near their own goal line they actually elected to punt the ball, a rarity seen in six-man football.
Gold-Burg then drove down the field on a sustained drive of inside runs featuring the Grace brothers, capped off by Jayon scoring on a 14-yard run to go up 36-6.
Things continued to go bad for Fannindel. The team was again backed up on its own goal line when another mishandled snap led to safety for the Bears, making the score 38-6 and giving Gold-Burg the ball.
The offense executed another long touchdown drive, again capped off by Jayon scoring on an eight-yard run to make the score 44-6.
The end was coming with the Bears needing to score seven more points to end the game early due to mercy rule. Fannindel’s offense again went backwards and turned the ball over on downs deep in its own territory.
Gold-Burg drove down close to the end zone where Kani scored on a short run in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter. A one-point conversion gave the Bears their final point it needed to end the game right there.
Gold-Burg won 51-6.

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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.

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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.

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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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