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District realignments released

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The University Interscholastic League released the official sports district realignments on Thursday morning for the 2022-2024 school years.
While only one area team switched classifications when those numbers were announced back in December, there were still some surprises for schools.
For Bowie, the football team was finally not sorted with state power Brock along with any of the other schools the Jackrabbits have played the last four seasons.
Unfortunately, Bowie traded one state power for another as it is in a district with Jim Ned. On top of that it is nearly a three-hour road trip and that starts to tell the story of this new football district for the Jackrabbits. Other teams include Breckenridge, Clyde, Iowa Park and Vernon.
Basketball and volleyball won’t be that different for Bowie. The district is losing Nocona and Breckenridge while gaining Iowa Park and Vernon. Both new additions are schools coming down from the 4A classification.
For Nocona, everything will be new for the newly classified 2A Indian teams. In football, Nocona joins a district with Alvord, Tioga, Tom Bean, Trenton and Whitewright. In basketball the Indians are in a district with Archer City, Olney, Petrolia, Seymour and Windthorst.
Coach Blake Crutsinger was not surprised with the group of schools they are paired with and is overall pleased with the logistics as well.
The size of the volleyball district gives Nocona some pause. With only Alvord, Chico and Poolville in the district, scheduling will be different than it has been in the past. The 2A teams used to play 1A teams as part of its district schedule, but that was done away with heading into the next two school years.
Those who are most happy for that are all of the state’s 1A teams who had to deal with their teams getting routinely beaten by the much bigger schools twice a season for half of their district games.
All four of the county’s 1A volleyball schools: Gold-Burg, Forestburg, Prairie Valley and Saint Jo are now in the same district with no one else. All four have played each other even when they weren’t in the same district over the years as well as compete in every other sport.
Even though the district is small and scheduling will have to be figured out in new ways, the thrill to be done with playing a lot of 2A schools in district is worth it.
Football is different for all three of the county’s six-man teams. Saint Jo is out from its usual district and is placed with Union Hill as well as Savoy and Campbell.
The Panthers have juiced up their pre-district schedule the past two years and have played Union Hill, but Coach Mark Stevens said the plan was to cut off the series due to the schools being more than three hours apart.
For Gold-Burg and Forestburg football teams, a district title will be hard to come by with the reigning state champs Strawn being in the district. They will be joined by Newcastle.
One thing remains the same for all of the area’s 1A schools though. The seven team basketball district, with almost half the schools not playing football and volleyball, is still the same.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. To see all of the state’s new districts you can go to the uiltexas.org/alignments.

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Baseball Roundup

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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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Softball Roundup

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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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