SPORTS
H.S. FOOTBALL: Forestburg wallops Gold-Burg
By ERIC VICCARO
Last year, Forestburg’s football team was in the position Gold-Burg is currently facing: A numbers crunch.
The Bears are down seven healthy players, and they simply couldn’t keep up with the Longhorns as Forestburg whitewashed Gold-Burg 72-0 during Homecoming.
“We were there,” Forestburg head coach Wayne Tuckwell said. “It’s tough, and they have good athletes. Gold-Burg never gave up, and they have players to work with. It’s just a tough position for them to be in.”
It didn’t take long for Forestburg to establish control as Taten Vann took the opening kickoff on a 45-yard TD return and then the Longhorns recovered the subsequent onside kick.
On the next play, Matthew Wallace connected with Malaci Moore on a 33-yard TD pass. Moore later scored on a 70-yard run.
The Longhorns (5-2, 1-0 12-1A-II) were up 14-0 just 25 seconds into the contest.
The Bears (2-6, 0-1) had chances to keep closer.
“We had a couple of opportunities to get into the end zone,” Gold-Burg head coach Jay Johnson said. “But, we just couldn’t get there. I saw our kids make good plays.”
However, Johnson noted the Bears couldn’t string successful plays together, despite crossing into Longhorn territory three times.
By the end of the first quarter, Forestburg was up 50-0. Wallace added an interception return and J.D. Moore rushed for 52 yards on the Longhorns’ final scoring series.
Senior wide receiver Bryan McDowell was named Homecoming King, and he scored on a TD pass from Wallace. Kendall Wallace was selected as the Homecoming Queen.
Forestburg hadn’t played since an Oct. 3 victory over Montague County rival Saint Jo.
Next Friday, Gold-Burg has the daunting task of playing at perennial powerhouse Throckmorton while Forestburg plays at Woodson as the district slate moves into the second week.
Friday’s Result
At Forestburg
Forestburg 72, Gold-Burg 0
Score By Quarters
Gold-Burg 0 0 x x – 0
Forestburg 50 22 x x – 72
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
F – Taten Vann 45 kickoff return (kick failed)
F – Malaci Moore 33 pass from Matthew Wallace (Moore kick)
F – Daniel Sharon 15 run (Moore kick)
F – Matthew Wallace 32 interception return (kick failed)
F – Sharon 33 run (Moore kick)
F – Bryan McDowell 50 pass from Wallace (Moore kick)
F – Moore 70 run (kick failed)
Second Quarter
F – Sharon 12 run (Moore kick)
F – Sharon 15 run (Moore kick)
F – J.D. Moore 23 run (kick failed)
Game ended at halftime
Breckenridge 23, Bowie 6
Chase Hall caught a touchdown pass from Trace Hardee early in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough as Bowie’s slide reached six games.
The Jackrabbits stand at 1-7, 0-3 in 4-3A-I.
Bowie will continue district play on the road Oct. 31 at Ponder.
Friday’s Result
At Breckenridge
Breckenridge 23, Bowie 6
Score By Quarters
Bowie 0 0 0 6 – 6
Breckenridge 0 14 9 0 – 23
Scoring Summary
(Bowie Only)
B – Chase Hall 14 pass from Trace Hardee (conversion failed)
Tioga 33, Saint Jo 14
Saint Jo tried staying stride for stride with upstart Tioga, but the Panthers simply couldn’t keep up.
Wyatt West caught a TD pass and Anthony Gutierrez had a short TD run.
Saint Jo dropped to 4-4, 0-1 9-1A-I.
The Panthers return home next Friday, playing Newcastle at Harley Sewell Field.
Friday’s Result
At Tioga
Tioga 33, Saint Jo 14
Score By Quarters
Saint Jo 6 8 0 0 – 14
Tioga 14 6 13 0 – 33
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
SJ – Wyatt West 31 pass from Garrett Park (kick failed)
Second Quarter
SJ – Anthony Gutierrez 2 run (Daimeon Lawler kick)
Millsap 27, Nocona 26
Nocona closed within one point of Millsap in the fourth quarter, but the Indians couldn’t quite complete the comeback.
The Indians are now 0-8, 0-5 in 2-3A-II.
Nocona plays host to Eastland on Oct. 31 at Jack Crain Stadium.
No additional information was available. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News for complete details.
Forestburg’s J.D. Moore (left) tries to keep his legs going while pursued by several Gold-Burg players during Friday’s District 12-1A-II game at Longhorn Field. Forestburg blanked Gold-Burg 72-0. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
SPORTS
Nocona baseball breaks playoffs drought
The Nocona Indians wrapped up their first playoff berth since 2005 with a dominant win against Chico on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 10-0 in four and half innings due to run-rule to earn the district’s final playoff spot and break a nearly two decade drought.
Nocona was in a similar situation last year after beating Chico in the first game before losing twice more to the Dragons, once in the regular season finale and then in the play-in series.
The Indians won the first game earlier in the week 9-4, but knew they could play better. On Thursday they then proved it.
In the bottom of the first inning, Nocona got the scoring going as Wesley Murphey hit an RBI double. Two batters later, Landon Fatheree drove in two runs with a double.
Konnor Harrington followed with a groundout that scored another run as the Indians led 4-0.
In the second inning, Nocona kept up the pressure. Brody Langford drove in a run with a single. Later with the bases loaded, Caden Belcher was hit by a pitch that scored a run. A later passed ball allowed one more run to score as the Indians extended their lead to 7-0.
Nocona got one more run in the third inning. With the bases loaded, Wesley Murphey grounded into a fielder’s choice out that scored one run to make it 8-0.
The Indians got the final two runs they needed in the fourth inning. Walker Murphey and RJ Walker hit back-to-back RBI singles to put Nocona up 10-0.
Chico needed to score at least one run to prevent the game from ending early due to run-rule. Instead Walker Murphey completed the shutout performance by retiring the next three batters to end the game and the Dragon’s season.
The Indians won 10-0 and earned the district’s final playoff spot.
Wesley Murphey and Fatheree drove in two runs each to lead the team. Walker Murphey led the team with three hits. The team finished with 11 hits and drew six walks.
Walker Murphey also allowed zero runs and one hit while striking out five batters and walking none. The defense behind him committed only one fielding error.
Coach Zach Denson was beyond proud of this team for breaking the playoff drought.
“The amount of growth that they have shown throughout the year has been the most incredible I’ve seen in 13 years of coaching,” Denson said. “We went on a little skid in the middle of the year and that could have derailed our young team, but it actually brought us closer together as a unit.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Bowie baseball clinches playoff spot
The Bowie Jackrabbits were able to clinch the final playoff spot on Thursday with a senior night home win against Henrietta.
The Jackrabbits won 6-1 in a game where all of the offensive action happened in the first three innings for both teams.
Bowie came into the game needing to win. Failing to do so would mean setting up a series with the Bearcats for the final playoff spot. If the Jackrabbits just took care of business against a team they had already beaten once pretty easily then they could avoid that whole situation.
Henrietta knew it was playing for the future of its season and struck first. A one out double followed by a single two batters later put the Bearcats up 1-0 against Bowie’s top pitcher Edmond De Leon on the mound.
The offense responded in the same inning with a two-out rally. Troy Kesey hit a single and Hayden Rodriguez drew a walk. De Leon then hit a double to drive one run in.
Cooper Hammer was then hit a by a pitch to load the bases up. Rayder Mann then drew a walk that scored one run and the Jackrabbits led 2-1 before the next batter popped up for out three.
Bowie added to that lead in the second inning. Boston Farris led off with a triple. Tucker Jones then hit a groundball to second base that resulted in an error that allowed Farris to score and make it 3-1 for the Jackrabbits.
Bowie then extended the lead in the third inning. Hammer hit a one-out single. Mann and Cy Egenbacher followed with hits that resulted in fielding errors for the Bearcats. The Jackrabbits scored one run on the second error.
Farris then hit a single that drove in another run. After a strikeout, a wild pitch then allowed another runner to score as Bowie was up 6-1. Another strikeout ended the scoring for the Jackrabbits.
The next three and half innings saw neither team score runs, though both had several chances with two runners getting on at times.
Henrietta’s best chance came in the fifth inning with two singles, but De Leon and Bowie’s defense shut that down. De Leon retired the final seven batters he faced as the Jackrabbits won 6-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
10 qualify for regional tennis after competing in district
Last week all of the area schools competed in their district’s tennis tournament and several schools had athletes qualify for the regional tournament.
In the end, 10 athletes finished second or better at district to move on for a chance to qualify for state.
Unfortunately, no players from Bowie were able to break through and qualify.
Many faced early seeding opponents from tennis power Vernon that ended their tournament.
The highest finish for a Bowie player was Lily Hodges who placed fourth in girls singles.
From Nocona, one girl was able to break through as Kaygan Stone finished second in girls singles to qualify for regionals.
Stone has had a tough year, dealing with shoulder problems that shortened both her volleyball and basketball seasons, but she bounced back this spring to qualify for regionals in tennis.
Her teammate Melissa Segura was not so lucky, as she finished third in girls singles and just missed the cut, having to settle for an alternate spot
At the 1A tournament, several schools had multiple athletes in one division qualify.
From Saint Jo, last year’s state qualifying girl’s doubles team of Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the division.
They beat out the second place finisher and their teammates, the girl’s doubles team of Maxey Johnson and Bailey Nobile, who also qualified for regionals.
From Gold-Burg, Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas placed first and second in girls singles to move on to the regional tournament.
Other schools only had one team or individual.
From Forestburg, the mixed doubles team of Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros finished second as they qualified for regionals.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter finished second in the boys singles division.
To read the full story and see pictures of all of the qualifiers, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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