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Saint Jo vs Bellevue boys
The Saint Jo Panthers traveled to Bellevue on Tuesday fresh off losing their first game to district power Slidell.
The Panthers made sure to not make it two straight as a strong second quarter capitalized into them beating the Eagles 59-42.
The team was led by seniors Connor Thompson (27 points, six rebounds, four assists) and Logan Morman (18 points, nine rebounds, five assists) doing a bit of everything. Coach Lyndon Cook loves the scoring from the two, but it is the other things they do that has caught his eye.
Logan Brawner was also praised by Cook as he has embraced his new starting role by getting lose balls, rebounding and playing good defense.
Saint Jo wrapped up the first round of district on Friday against Midway. The Panthers start the second round next week at Forestburg at 7 p.m. on Jan. 28.

Saint Jo vs Bellevue girls
The Bellevue girls hosted Saint Jo to start the second round of district on Tuesday.
The Lady Eagles won in a big way with their press not allowing the Lady Panthers to breath, winning 63-19.
Austin Ford led Bellevue with 24 points while Sky-Lar Embry was right behind her with 23 points. Kaylee Trail also scored in double figures with 10 points.
Lady Eagles Coach John McGee feels like his team is moving in the right direction.
The Lady Panthers had trouble dealing with the press defense.
Bellevue next hosts Prairie Valley at 6 p.m. on Jan. 28. Saint Jo next travels to Forestburg at 6 p.m. on Jan. 28.

Forestburg
The Forestburg basketball teams traveled to Midway on Tuesday.
The Longhorns and Lady Longhorns fell to the Falcons, with the girls losing 44-17 and the boys 65-35.
The Forestburg boys hung in the game in the first half, down only 26-20. Unfortunately, the Longhorns committed too many turnovers Midway was able to convert into points that let the game get away from them.
Riley Sandusky led the team with 11 points while grabbing five rebounds and blocking three shots. Hayden Berry led the team with seven rebounds.
The Lady Horns could not use their size as they struggled against the Lady Falcons press defense. One positive was Forestburg converting 11 of its 16 free throws, but it could not keep up with Midway.
Forestburg will host rival Saint Jo next, with the Lady Horns game starting at 6 p.m. and the Longhorns playing afterwards on Jan. 28.

Gold-Burg
Both Gold-Burg teams had a tough challenge playing at undefeated in district and state-ranked Slidell on Tuesday.
The Bears lost 91-18 while the Lady Bears lost 75-28.
The boys were led by Jacob Reno who scored six points while the girls were led by Taylor Lyons who scored 20 points.
No team in the district has had any luck trying to beat either Slidell team this year. With both teams working through inexperience, injuries and illness at this time, this was always going to be a tough game.
Gold-Burg next travels to Midway on Jan. 28. The girls game will start at 6 p.m. and the boys will follow that game.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

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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