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Football Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers had a happy homecoming game on Friday as they easily beat the Texas Association of Christian Athletes.
The Panthers won 58-8 in only the first half of play, scoring touchdowns (7) on half of the total offensive plays (14) they ran.
Logan Brawner led the team with 113 total yards and three touchdowns, two on the ground and one receiving from Eli Jones. Jones also ran for a 43-yard touchdown on his only rushing attempt.
Connor Thompson threw the other one on a 63-yard pass to Logan Morman. Brayden Bell and Thompson each scored the other touchdowns on the ground.
Defensively, Saint Jo intercepted two passes with Ashton Stewart snagging one and Jones the other one.
The Panthers did well to key on the Storm’s two playmakers and were able to frustrate and limit them overall outside of one touchdown drive.
The win keeps Saint Jo undefeated 5-0 as it heads into a much tougher district play. With only the top two teams heading to the playoffs, the Panthers know every game will be tough and important.
Saint Jo travels to Savoy to play at 7:30 p.m. to kick off district play.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians game at Henrietta slipped away from them early and could not gain it back.
Knowing a win against the Bearcats would go a long way towards earning a playoff berth, six turnovers on offense did not allow the game to be close as Henrietta won 33-7.
Outside of the turnovers, Coach Rick Weaver actually liked what he saw on offense to start the game as several early drives looked to be on the way towards points. Unfortunately, turnovers came at the worst times that sucked all momentum they had. Some big plays from the Bearcats in the second quarter, including an interception returned for a touchdown, allowed them to get up 21-6 at halftime.
From there, the Indians offense struggled to get anything going while Henrietta scored once more in both the third and fourth quarters.
The Indians next host Callisburg at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears traveled to Woodson on Friday.
The Cowboys beat the Bears 56-8 as the young team continues to learn lessons the hard way on its way to getting better.
Coach Leo Murguia continues to like the fight and resolve he sees in his boys during the game as well as some of the subtle growths he is seeing in all of them despite the results still being rough.
With several of his players picking up some of the subtly of the game while gaining more understanding of their role better, Murguia is confident his team will use this week’s bye to the best of their ability with district play starting at the end of the month.
Forestburg
The Forestburg football team’s game against Savory was canceled due to the Cardinals not having enough players on the team. The Longhorns will have a bye week this Friday.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie had six players play in the Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl football all-star game. For pictures from not just the football game, but the basketball and volleyball games as well that feature athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6875584&T=1
Nocona is welcoming back Coach Sandy Langford, former coach and alumnus for the Lady Indians, as its new volleyball head coach.
Langford comes back to Nocona after spending the past 11 years leading the Glen Rose volleyball program.
Her circumstances with her family allowed her to jump at the opportunity once she became aware the position at Nocona was available.
“My youngest graduated and is playing football at Midwestern (State University),” Langford said. “All of our family is here and I knew that Coach Kara (Lucherk) was leaving. We were eventually going to retire here. Our oldest son plays college football at West Texas A&M and we’ll be two hours closer to him as well.”
She again will lead the Lady Indians volleyball program, one that she led all the way to the state title game in 2011, which is the farthest the volleyball program has ever gone in its prestigious history.
Langford kept up that level of success during her 11 years at the bigger 4A Glen Rose. She won less than 20 games only twice during her time, winning her 500th career game back in 2023. Her teams were ranked among the top 10 in the state five times and Langford led Glen Rose to the state tournament in 2017, the best finish in program history.
With the Lady Indians also having its own string of success, appearing in back-to-back regional finals while finishing atop the district standings both years, Langford is excited to not just keep the success going, but shoot for the stars.
“We are not expecting anything less than a state championship,” Langford said.
She has stacked the non-district schedule with strong, state-ranked 3A and 4A teams as well as big tournaments that will test Nocona’s mettle early next season in the hopes it will prepare them for a long playoff run.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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