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Nocona
The Nocona Indians basketball teams took City View at home on Tuesday night with the girls winning big and the boys losing.
The Lady Indians won 78-41 while the Indians lost 75-46.
The Nocona girls got off to a blazing start to the game scoring 22 and 19 points in the first two quarters. The Lady Mustangs just could not keep up with that level of scoring which did not slow down in the second half.
The Lady Indians came out and scored 24 points in the third quarter before putting the breaks on in the fourth quarter with the lead past 30 points.
Skyler Smith led the team with 18 points while Stephanie Gutierrez (17) and Megyn Meekins(16) were not far behind as everyone got in on the scoring action.
Coach Kyle Spitzer liked what he saw overall, but knows there are still things to work on despite winning by a lot.
The Nocona boy’s were on the opposite side of the coin. The defending district champ Mustangs scored at a pace that the Indians just could keep up with. The main culprit was Chris Whitten for City View, who scored a game high 27 points.
Sam Davis led Nocona with 11 points while Michael Wetmore was second with eight points.
Coach Colby Schniderjan gave all the praise for the Mustangs being the better team that night.

Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg boys
The Saint Jo Panthers beat Gold-Burg at home on Tuesday night.
The Panthers won with little trouble 69-24 against a Bears team that was missing several players and their coach who were out with COVID and other illnesses.
Saint Jo was hoping to have a good pick me up game after struggling recently in its games before the break and during its holiday tournament last week.
Coach Lyndon Cook thought his team could have played better at the beginning of the game to establish control, but liked what he saw from his team as the game went on.
Devin Stewart finished with a team high 17 points while Brice Durham joined him in double-figures with 10 points.
Cook also praised Caleb Workman, who handed out seven assists for the team as another highlight of the game.
For Gold-Burg, Coach Jessie Vaughn had to miss the game due to testing positive for COVID. He expects to be back for the Bears next game.
Kolton Whitaker led the team with 12 points.

Prairie Valley boys
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs played one of their worst games of the season at their non-district game at Christ Academy on Tuesday.
The private school Warriors won 70-29 against the Bulldogs in a game Coach Seth Stephens was not happy with at all.
“Was certainly the poorest we’ve played all season,” Stephens said. “Not to take anything away from our opponents, they played well and beat us in every facet of the game. We shot the ball poorly and weren’t aggressive enough. We did show some good fight and energy in the second half, but that didn’t translate into points or defensive stops.”
Tyler Winkler led the team with 14 points while Isaac Yeargin was second with nine points. Konner Ritchie led the team with 14 rebounds.
Prairie Valley is scheduled to next play at 7 p.m. on Jan. 11 at home against Midway.

Forestburg boys
The Forestburg Longhorns were overwhelmed on Tuesday against Slidell.
The Greyhounds won 75-8 against a young Longhorns team that is just trying to gain experience.
Coach Eldon Van Hooser hopes his team’s decision making and shooting improves first as the team has struggled to score against tough defenses.
Forestburg is next set to play at 7 p.m. on Jan. 11 at home against Gold-Burg.

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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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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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