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Football Roundup

Published

5 years ago

10/23/2019

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers kept their great season going as they stomped Bryson at home on Friday night.
What was supposed to be the toughest game of the season for the Panthers ended up being like every other game as Saint Jo beat the Cowboys in less than four quarters 56-8.
It was a fast start to the game for the Panthers. After Logan Brawner scored from 29 yards out on the opening drive, the defense stopped Bryson’s offense in its tracks. Brayden Bell then scored on a short run to make the score 14-0.
Saint Jo then recovered the onside kick and Bell again capped off the drive with another short touchdown run making it 22-0 by the end of the quarter.
The Cowboys never got on track despite a lone touchdown drive in the second quarter.
The Panthers still leading 44-8 at halftime made sure the game did not last too long into the third quarter.
Coach Mark Stevens says the success is not going to their heads since the playoffs are not guaranteed yet. The next game against county rival Forestburg is all they are focused on before they get back to district play.
“That number 11 kid (Zach Bradley) is a load,” Stevens said. “We will need to limit him for us to have a chance to win the game.”
The Panthers host the Longhorns at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25.

Nocona
Nocona had a bye week.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns tried to shake off the rust of not playing the past two weeks when they hosted Woodson on Friday.
A slow start to the game proved too big of a hole to overcome as the Cowboys won 78-44.
After falling behind in the first quarter, the Longhorns were able to settle down on both sides of the ball and played Woodson rather equally for the rest of the game to avoid losing by mercy rule.
On offense it was the imposing Zach Bradley leading the way. He accounted for six touchdowns and had more than 600 yards of total offense to help Forestburg try to keep up with Woodson, but the defense just could not get enough stops for a chance to come back.
The Chisholm Trail Rivalry game comes first though, with the game kicking off at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears had a troubled start in their first game back from their bye week on Friday at Throckmorton.
The Bears could not overcome the sluggish start as the Greyhounds won 56-7.
Gold-Burg hopes it can bust the slow start trend as the final two games of the season are district games counting towards a playoff berth if it can win either game.
“After the game, I saw them perk up when I said the games will start to count,” Coach Leo Murguia said. “Everything up to this point has been to get us ready for this time and I think the guys will rise to the challenge.”
The Bears travel to Fannindel and will play at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25.

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

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District awards for 1A released

Published

3 days ago

05/18/2024

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Bellevue’s Bryce Ramsey was named his district’s newcomer of the year.

With the baseball and softball seasons over for the area 1A schools, district awards have been released.
Listed below are those earned honors on the field and in the classroom for Saint Jo and Bellevue.

Softball
Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Utility player: Taylor Patrick; Catcher: Jordyn O’Neal

Baseball
Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Devin Stewart, Saint Jo
Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue

Pitcher: Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Jayden Curry, Saint Jo

Second team
Pitcher: Charlie Barclay, Saint Jo
Infielder: Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; Sam Martin, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Rylan Forrester, Saint Jo
Catcher: Charlie Evans, Saint Jo
Utility: Logan Hoover, Saint Jo
DH: Amzy Barclay, Saint Jo

Honorable mention
Cody Gaston, Saint Jo; Xander Joyner, Saint Jo

To see academic awards from Saint Jo players, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Forestburg coach retiring

Published

3 days ago

05/18/2024

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Forestburg boys basketball coach Eldon Van Hooser helped lead the program to its first playoff win in nine years in his last year coaching.

Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”

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

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Bowie Sports Banquet

Published

6 days ago

05/15/2024

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.