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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Optimism abounds for girls

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By ERIC VICCARO

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Around Montague County and the rest of Texas, basketball season started in earnest.
The Bowie High School girls’ team – buoyed by the returning Kamryn Cantwell – took on Conference 4A Burkburnett in the traditional home opener.
Nocona also opened the season with a home date against Iowa Park.
There were several other girls-boys doubleheaders on the docket, with Bryson at Gold-Burg, Poolville at Bellevue, Wichita Christian at Saint Jo and Christ Academy at Prairie Valley.
Forestburg doesn’t open the season until Nov. 18 at Perrin-Whitt.
The boys’ basketball preview will run in the weekend edition of the News for Nov. 19.

Bowie

The Lady Rabbits are under new management, per se, as Chuck Hall has replaced Colby Davis-Pastusek as the head coach. Bowie’s coming off a 27-9 season, advancing all the way to the regional quarterfinals before falling to Brock 55-39.

Nocona

Nocona’s biggest memory during the 2015-16 season was a two-point home victory over Bowie during district play.
The Lady Indians (14-16) barely missed the playoffs last year, falling to Henrietta in a play-in game to determine the fourth seed.

Bellevue

Bellevue took the third and last playoff spot in District 1A-21 a season ago, and the Lady Eagles advanced to area.
However, the team will need to find new leadership this season in absence of do-everything Devon Cassetty.

Saint Jo

Saint Jo also features a new coach in former Hardin-Simmons and Muenster High center Taylor Klement.
The Lady Panthers won their opener on Saturday versus Chillicothe, playing tenacious defense.

Prairie Valley

Prairie Valley has won one of its first three games this season, coming off a hard-fought loss to Wichita Christian this past Friday.
The Lady Bulldogs have a more experienced squad that’s expected to win more than they did last year (5-24 overall record).

Forestburg

Forestburg was one of three playoff qualifiers from Montague County in 2015-16, coming off a 16-9 campaign.
The Lady Horns finished second in 1A-21, and virtually the entire team is back minus Cheyenne Banks.

Gold-Burg

Cheryl Cromleigh returns for her second season as head coach of the Lady Bears, a team that narrowly missed the playoffs last year – taking fourth in 1A-21.
Expect to see Gold-Burg try to use the high-low offense to generate points, and hopefully improve on the 2015-16 marks of 13-14 overall and 7-7 in district play.

Saint Jo’s Emily Haney (00) will be asked to be one of the point guards this season for the Lady Panthers, who have a new coach this season in Taylor Klement. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Interview with Saint Jo volleyball players Payzlie Cervantes (left) and Aubrey Morman following their regional quarterfinals win against Woodson on Nov. 12, 2024.
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Lady Indians win area round 3-1

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The Nocona Lady Indians beat Hawley on Saturday afternoon to continue their playoffs. (Courtesy photo)

The Nocona Lady Indians won their area round playoff match on Saturday at Weatherford beating a tough Hawley team.
The Lady Indians won 3-1 against the Lady Cats in a match where three of the four sets were won with little drama.
Nocona was confident heading into the match after easily defeating Seymour while Hawley had nearly been defeated in its previous match that went five sets. Still, the Lady Cats were a 30 win team and a district champion as well.
The first set proved to be the closest of the match and it could have gone either way. In the end it was the Lady Indians that executed at the end to win 25-23 to take the early lead.
Nocona then parlayed that win into the start of set two where it took control and never let go.
The Lady Indians won with a lot more wiggle room 25-16 to take firm control 2-0 and it looking like it might be a short match.
Hawley was not going to go down like that though. The Lady Cats came out with their backs against the wall in set three. Nocona was a little less intense being up and it allowed Hawley to grab control.
The Lady Indians were playing from behind and could never make up the difference as the Lady Cats won 25-15 to cut the lead to 2-1.
Having given Hawley hope it could turn the match around, it was important Nocona start set four playing well to not allow the Lady Cats a chance to come back.
Nocona played well with an early lead and pulled away to win 25-16, winning with little drama 3-1.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Football Roundup

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Saint Jo’s Devin Stewart rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns against Union Hill. (Photo by Jennifer Gaston)

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers came up just short on senior night against district rival Union Hill on Friday for the district title.
The Bulldogs won 40-32 to take their third straight district championship, with the Panthers finishing runners-up as a result as well.
It looked like this year would be Saint Jo’s year. The Panthers came into the game undefeated at 9-0, had won three close games along the way, with one of the wins coming against a Perrin-Whitt team that beat Union Hill earlier in the season by several scores.
The Bulldogs were 7-2, but had a younger nucleus than in years past. Combined with the two and half hour drive to Saint Jo, the Panthers wealth of senior talent playing in front of its home fans and the team playing better every week, all signs were pointing to Saint Jo getting some pay back.
Instead it was Union Hill that started out on top, leading 26-12 at halftime. The Panthers cut the lead to one score multiple times, but could not come back to tie or take the lead at any point.
The wet weather made throwing the ball more difficult for Saint Jo which did not help. The Panthers had one last opportunity at the end of the game to tie the game up with a touchdown, but did not come through.
The Bulldogs held on to win 40-32.
Devin Stewart completed four passes for 60 yards and one touchdown, which went to Wade Lucas on a 40-yard touchdown pass. On the ground, Stewart led the team with 127 yards rushing and three touchdowns. Lucas was second with 51 yards rushing and scored one rushing touchdown as well.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians’ tough season ended in a rough manner at district champion Tioga last week.
The Bulldogs won 62-0 against the Indians.
Nocona knew the game was going to be tough, having struggled scoring on offense during district play while Tioga had scored 34 or more points in its undefeated district run.
The Bulldogs passed the ball heavily out of the shotgun formation and it proved too much for the young Indians team.
Logan Gaston led the team with 47 yards rushing and had a team high nine tackles. Kasch Johnson forced a fumble and Walker Murphey recovered it as well.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns came up short at Fannindel on Thursday night as they missed the playoffs.
The Falcons won 43-26 against the Longhorns to earn the district’s final playoff spot as Forestburg’s season ends.
Coming into the season there was talk about how it was going to be a down year for Fannindel since the team had young players and some trouble finding a coach.
Then the Longhorns had to deal with a season full of things like injuries to key players, players leaving and reappearing, an assistant coach that resigned and more.
A team at the start of the season that had the most depth it has had in any recent years ended the season with eight players.
The Falcons actually came into the game with the better record at 4-5 to Forestburg’s 2-7, but the Longhorns still felt like they could come through.
The first half saw Forestburg’s defense make Fannindel earn every point. The Longhorns offense struggled despite playing their cleanest game of the season, but scored once as Jesus Sanchez found Tristan Cumby for a 14-yard touchdown.
Forestburg trailed only 19-6 at halftime.
The Longhorns then got a boost when Aiden White returned an interception for a touchdown to cut the lead down to one score 19-12 to start the second half.
Unfortunately, the Falcons were able to bust four long touchdown runs in the second half which grew their lead.
Forestburg could not keep up. It did score twice more as John Carranza found White for a 10-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. To end the game, Jesus Sanchez scored on a nine-yard run.
It made the final score 43-26 in favor of Fannindel.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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