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Football Roundup

Published

6 years ago

10/17/2018

Nocona
It was a game the Nocona Indians needed to win after coming off a triple overtime heartbreak against Henrietta the previous week.
It took two overtimes, but the Indians won at Callisburg 17-14 in a defensive struggle to earn their first win in district and keep their playoff aspirations alive.
The field conditions limited both team’s offenses as the game went along as both teams scored touchdowns on their opening possessions and had no luck for most of the rest of the game. It was a 7-7 tie from the first quarter all the way until the fourth quarter.
The conditions were not the only problem. Penalties and turnovers also led to the offensive struggles that Keck knows they need to clean up.
The Indians took the lead in the fourth quarter 14-7 and had the ball on the Wildcat’s 30-yard with the clock winding down. Unfortunately, they were too far for a field goal and could not get a first down that might have put Callisburg away.
With time running out, the Wildcats connected on a long pass all the way down to Nocona’s 15-yard line. A few plays later their fullback ran in from short yardage to tie the score at 14-14 and send the game into overtime.
It looked good for the Indians in the first overtime session. Nocona’s defense stopped Callisburg and gave their offense a chance to win the game if they could score in any way.
An 11-yard run on their first play put them in at least reasonable field goal range with at least three more plays get closer. Unfortunately, the Indians fumbled on their next play and the Wildcats recovered.
This sent the game into a second overtime. This time Nocona was able to get close enough for a challenging 35-yard field goal attempt, which they nailed to go up 17-14. Callisburg needed to either kick their own field goal to send the game into a third overtime or score a touchdown to win the game. Luckily for the Indians, the Wildcats fumbled the ball and Nocona recovered the ball to end the game. In a sense of poetic justice, it was the exact way the Indians lost last week in triple overtime.
They play S&S Consolidated at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 on the road.

Saint Jo
Homecoming week did not end on a happy note for the Saint Jo Panthers as a back and forth opening district game against Savoy came down to whoever had the ball last.
The Cardinals did and they scored on the famous hook-and-ladder play as time ran out to win 50-45.
Despite the final score coming through the air, both teams turned to their ground games offensively as soft ground from heavy rains all day made passing the ball more difficult than usual. Also because both teams had so much success with it.
For Saint Jo, Preston Lyons was a one-man human highlight tape. The senior scored seven touchdowns on the ground while running for 319 yards. He also threw a touchdown pass to Blake Anderson.
One of those touchdowns looked like it would be enough to secure the Panthers their first district win and keep their undefeated season alive as he scored with less than a minute to go. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Savoy pulled off the win by completing the ultimate gimmick play as time expired.
The Panthers hope to shake off this setback and earn their first district win at Bryson. They are scheduled to kickoff at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 19.

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

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Saint Jo Softball Interview

Published

1 day ago

04/29/2024

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Interview with Saint Jo softball players Jordyn O'Neal (left) and Maxey Johnson following their playoff win against Perrin-Whitt on April 24, 2024.

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Nocona softball wins final game of the season against Alvord

Published

3 days ago

04/27/2024

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The Nocona Lady Indians played their final game of the regular season with a drubbing of Alvord at home.
The Lady Indians won 11-1 after six innings due to run-rule to end their season on a positive note despite no playoffs.
The game was rescheduled from last week due to weather.
Nocona was coming off a tough loss against Muenster the previous game, but knew it had a chance against Alvord after beating the Lady Bulldogs 6-4 in the first game.
The game started slow, but the Lady Indians got the lead with one run in the first inning. Alvord answered with one run in the third inning before Nocona retook the lead and never let it go.
The Lady Indians scored three runs in the third inning, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and the final two in the sixth inning to end the game on Charity Claxton’s sacrifice bunt that scored the last run.
Nocona won 11-1.

Coach Nolan Lanham thought it was the most complete game the team had played all season.
While he is sad this year’s season is complete, he is excited about what the team accomplished this year and what it can build off of it in the coming years.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Baseball Roundup

Published

3 days ago

04/27/2024

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians won their first game against Chico on Tuesday night to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Indians won 9-4 against the Dragons.
Nocona was coming into the game after a close, low-scoring series against Perrin-Whitt that saw the Indians win one game and lose another.
The Indians took an early lead with Brody Langford driving in a run on a single. Chico answered with two runs in the same inning to take back the lead 2-1.
The teams exchanged runs in the next four innings.
Nocona tied the score at 2-2 in the second inning when RJ Walker hit a sacrifice fly ball deep enough to score one run. The Dragons took the back the lead with an RBI double in the third inning to make it 3-2.
The Indians again tied the score in the fourth inning when Langford hit into a fielder’s choice out with the bases loaded. Once again, Chico retook the lead in the fifth inning, also scoring on a fielder’s choice groundout to go up 4-3.
After a scoreless sixth inning, Nocona was down to its final three outs of the game.
With two runners on base and two outs and looking at a full-count, Caden Belcher came through for the Indians with a base hit. It scored the tying run and the second runner was waived home and had a chance to score the game’s winning run. He was just tagged out for out three, but not before Nocona had tied the score at 4-4.
Chico loaded the bases up with one out in the seventh inning, but Wesley Murphey stepped up and struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam scot free and force the game into extra-innings.
Nocona was still reeling from the momentum of the last inning and it came through in the eighth inning.
With two runners on base and two outs, the Indians started a two-out rally with Wesley Murphey hitting a triple that brought both runners home to score.
Langford followed with a single that drove in one run. Following another single, Konnor Harrington hit a single that drove in another run. Following a walk that loaded the bases, a passed ball allowed Nocona to score another run.
The Indians more than doubled their seven inning total, scoring five runs and leading 9-4.
Wesley Murphey and the defense then closed the door, striking out the first batter before inducing groundouts to shortstop and second base for outs two and three to end the game.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers played their final regular season series in a double-header on Tuesday against Lindsay.
The bigger Knights won both games by run-rule, 12-2 after six innings and 15-2 after five innings.
Saint Jo had last played a week ago in a double-header against Muenster’s JV and varsity teams. The Panthers competed well with the JV team, but struggled more against the varsity team.
Lindsay had no JV team so Saint Jo had to play the 2A school twice and hoped it could compete.
The Knights got off to a fast start in game one, scoring seven runs in the first inning and never looking back.
The Panther defense played better from then on, never allowing Lindsay to score more than two runs in an inning and even holding the Knights scoreless in two innings.
Saint Jo was able to score in the fifth inning when the team loaded the bases and drew two walks to score two runs.
That was enough to keep the game from ending after five innings, but Lindsay scored two runs in the sixth inning to end the game early with the score 12-2.
The second game saw Lindsay score at least one run in every inning, highlighted by seven in the second inning.
Saint Jo scored two runs in the fourth inning. Charlie Evans hit an RBI double. Later he scored on the base paths after Lindsay failed to prevent a stolen base elsewhere.
The game ended after five innings with the Knights winning 15-2.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles lost its final regular season game against Alvord on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings due to run-rule.
Bellevue knew it was going to be tough competing against a bigger school, but was hoping to compete.
Unfortunately, the Bulldogs came through and scored 14 runs in the first inning to suck any momentum from the Eagles before they had even had a chance to bat.
Bellevue prevented Alvord from scoring in the second inning, but not the third or fourth innings.
The Eagle bats did not have much luck scoring any runs as the Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings.
Bryce Ramsey and Blake Reese got the only two hits for Bellevue in the game. Alvord racked up 15 hits, drew nine walks and were hit by five pitches which led to all of the runs.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.