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Saint Jo
Saint Jo became the one team in the county to score a win in their opening game Friday night as the Panthers outgunned Fannindel at home.
It was a good old-fashioned shootout that can happen in six-man as both teams offenses could not be stopped for most of the night. The difference maker turned out to be the leg of kicker Mario Lopez, as his nine two-point kicks ended up being the difference in Saint Jo won 78-64.
Both teams scored 10 touchdowns so Lopez’s 18 points ended up being the difference in the game.
Preston Lyons made the Panthers go, scoring 5 touchdowns on the ground while rushing for 164 yards. Lyons also completed 10 passes for 183 yards and 2 touchdowns. Logan Morman led the team with 4 catches for 93 yards 2 touchdowns.
Coach Derek Schlieve felt he and his players adapted well to trying to take way the Falcons main strength.
“We thought initially we would be able to use our size advantage, but they were just so fast, we had to spread the field out and get their speed going in different directions,” Schlieve said. “By doing that, we were able to nickel and dime it down the field.”
Nocona
The Nocona Indians started their season at Boyd on Friday night.
After cutting the lead to 18-13 in the fourth quarter on a 34 yard Lane Geurin run, the Yellow Jackets scored 20 unanswered points to pull away as they won 38-13.
Coach Brad Keck felt like his offense did not have as much success as he was hoping and that his team is still trying to figure things out on that side of the ball.
“We need to get better at executing offensively,” Keck said. “We just did not execute. We are not going to add anything to the offense until we master the basics first.”
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears lost a heartbreaker as they opened the season at home against Notre Dame Prep Academy.
The Bears came up just short of completing their comeback as they lost 53-47. Down by a few scores in the fourth quarter, Gold-Burg was a pass interference call away from getting the ball back with 2 minutes to go to try and take the lead. Alas, it was not in the cards for the Bears.
“In my head, it was really like we are going to win this game,” Coach Gordon Williams said. “We are going to get this stop, go down and score and get this extra point to win.”
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Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.
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