SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Nocona, Forestburg wrap scrimmages
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Nocona and Forestburg High School football teams wrapped up the preseason with scrimmages on Thursday.
Nocona participated in a scrimmage at Petrolia, while Forestburg played host to Tioga at home at Longhorn Stadium.
Head coaches Brad Keck and Wayne Tuckwell said their opponents provided adequate challenges.
“We weren’t physical enough on the offensive and defensive lines,” said Keck. “Petrolia’s a good group, and they started last year at 4-0.”
Petrolia has a strong set of fast skill players, which put pressure on Nocona’s defense.
Forestburg
Tuckwell said both Forestburg and Tioga had trouble dealing with a sloppy field. Rain fell on Thursday morning in Forestburg, which turned grass more treacherous.
“We could have blocked better, and the weather had a lot to do with how we did,” Tuckwell said.
Tuckwell didn’t question the effort of the Longhorns, and he was happy how Forestburg ran its new-look spread offense.
“The way we executed our spread offense was decent,” the coach commented.
The scrimmage was scripted like this: Both teams had 20 plays on offense, and then a 15-play segment.
Season Openers
Forestburg opens with one of the top private school programs in the state. The Longhorns play at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 26 at Notre Dame in Wichita Falls.
The Jackrabbits will play host to Aubrey on Aug. 26 at Jackrabbit Stadium while Gold-Burg opens with Benjamin at Joe Corpening Field in Stoneburg. Both games feature 7:30 p.m. starts.
Jeremy James uses play-action deception while with Parker Marshall (right) during Thursday’s scrimmage against Petrolia. The Indians play Aug. 26 versus Alvord. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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