By ERIC VICCARO

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Coming into the season, Nocona head football coach Brad Keck knew the Indians would face stiff competition in the 8-team District 2-3A Division II.

Henrietta, one of the teams many have predicted to qualify for the postseason, spoiled Nocona’s Homecoming as the Bearcats triumphed 55-14 at historic Jack Crain Stadium.

Nocona dropped to 0-4 overall, 0-1 in 2-3A. Henrietta remained unbeaten 4-0, 1-0.

“Henrietta is a good football team,” Keck said. “They have more team speed than we do, and they are big.”

Depth was also factor as the Indians lack of numbers proved too much to bear.

Kyle Sentell and Ryder Nobile both scored touchdowns for Nocona on short runs. Sentell set up those runs on pass plays to promising sophomore Marcus Carter.

“I thought sophomore Marcus Carter caught the ball well for us tonight,” Keck added. “All he has to do is get a little bigger and strong, but he has good hands.”

Carter was also proficient running routes.

But this night belonged to Henrietta, who scored a couple of defensive touchdowns en route to a 34-0 lead midway through the second quarter.

Cody Fletcher was the star of the show for the Bearcats, catching three TD passes and running for two more. Fletcher finished with 251 yards rushing and receiving.

Zach Trentham was chosen as homecoming king and Miriam Diaz was crowned the crown during a special ceremony at halftime.

Nocona plays at Holliday next Friday.

Score By Quarters

Henrietta                            20           21           7              7              –             55

Nocona                                0              7              7              0              –             14

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

H – Cody Fletcher 16 run (kick failed)

H – Fletcher 22 pass from Riley Watson (Jameson Dowell kick)

H – Logan Carter 17 interception return (Dowell kick)

Second Quarter

H – Kandon Bennett 27 fumble return (Dowell kick)

H – Fletcher 22 pass from Watson (Dowell kick)

N – Kyle Sentell 2 run (Emmanual Gayton kick)

H – Fletcher 74 pass from Watson (Dowell kick)

Third Quarter

N – Ryder Nobile 1 run (Gayton kick)

H – Fletcher 76 run (Dowell kick)

Fourth Quarter

H – Landon Davis 13 run (Dowell kick)

Gunter 47, Bowie 14

Lawson Mickler threw a 10-yard TD pass to Chase Hall and Jeffery Howard ran a kickoff back 98 yards for another score, but it wasn’t enough for Bowie on its homecoming.

Gunter had a 7-0 lead at the end of one period, and built it to a 21-7 cushion at halftime.

Lily Gill was chosen as homecoming queen and R.J. Oliver as homecoming king.

Look for photos of homecoming next week in The Bowie News and here at www.bowienewsonline.com.

Bowie is idle next week.

Nazarene Christian 78, Forestburg 22

Daniel Sharon had a pair of touchdowns and Malaci Moore added a score, before the bottom dropped out for homestanding Forestburg.

The Longhorns dropped to 3-2 with the loss.

The game was knotted at 22-all at halftime, but Nazarene Christian rolled after that.

Gold-Burg 36, Founders Classical 28

Homecoming King Colt Rainey threw a 19-yard TD pass to Billy Rogers and he had a game-saving interception as Gold-Burg defeated visiting Founders Classical.

Founders Classical, a private school team based in Lewisville, rolled to a 14-6 intermission lead before the Bears piled on 24 points in the third quarter to pull ahead.

Josh Belt powered TD runs covering 5, 40, 56 and 78 yards.

Gold-Burg evened its record at 2-2 with the win.

Mariah Reaves was selected as homecoming queen.

Gold-Burg plays at Covenant Classical in Fort Worth next week.

Saint Jo idle

The Saint Jo football team was off Friday as the Panthers (3-1) prepare for next Friday’s tilt at Montague County rival Forestburg.

VOLLEYBALL

Friday’s Matches

District 2A-10

Valley View topped Saint Jo In a tough hard-fought loss for the Panthers, 25-20, 12-25, 25-19, 20-25, 15-12. Saint Jo now stands 9-15, 2-3.

Collinsville defeated Forestburg, 25-18, 25-20, 25-16. Forestburg is now 16-11, 2-3 in 2A-10.

Prairie Valley was too good for Gold-Burg, winning 25-14, 25-17, 25-15. Prairie Valley improved to 4-20, 1-4, while Gold-Burg dropped to 0-18, 0-5.

Ryder Nobile (13) scampers to the left before crossing over the goal line with a touchdown during the third quarter of Friday’s District 2-3A Division II game between Nocona and Henrietta at Jack Crain Stadium. Nobile finished with 113 all-purpose yards on the night. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)