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Forestburg basketball
It was going to be a tall task for both Forestburg basketball teams on Tuesday night as the Longhorns were hosting district favorites and state-ranked Slidell.
The Greyhounds and Lady Greyhounds showed why they are one of the state’s best programs in 1A, with the boy’s team losing 83-25 and the girl’s team losing 78-19.
The Lady Horns won the tip-off and scored the game’s opening points to take a 2-0 lead.
While Slidell took the lead not long after, Forestburg kept the game close for most of the first quarter.
A seven-point run to end the quarter allowed the Lady Greyhounds to go up 13-2 heading into the second quarter.
After that Slidell turned things up, scoring 20 plus points in the next two quarters. The Lady Horns did score more than they did in the opening quarter as well, but it was not enough to make up the difference in the first quarter or keep up with the blistering offense from the Lady Greyhounds.
Forestburg kept fighting until the end as Slidell closed out the game to win 78-19. Morgan Miller led the Lady Horns with 12 points and 12 rebounds and Brandi Caporale was second with five points.
Playing arguably the best team in district and never giving up until the end is all Coach Cori Hayes could ask for out of his young team.
The boy’s team challenge was not any easier. The Slidell boy’s team are the defending state champions while also being among the top ranked teams this year as well.
The Greyhounds did not take anytime to mess around, scoring the game’s first eight points in the first two minutes of the game. Slidell would go on to score 30 points in the first quarter while the Longhorns scored six and there was no recovering from there.
Forestburg did come out of halftime and more than double its first half score to show a glimpse of playing well.
Unfortunately, the Greyhounds lead was too big for a chance to come back from as Slidell won 83-25.
Riley Sandusky led the team with 12 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals.
Both teams next will travel to Midway on Jan. 21. The girls will start at 6 p.m. and the boys right after.
Bellevue girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles traveled to Midway on Tuesday to try and bounce back from the previous weeks two losses.
The Lady Eagles did not play well according to Coach John McGee, but they played good enough to win 35-26.
“They shadowed Austin (Ford) pretty much the whole game, however, the other girls stepped up,” McGee said. “Kaylee (Trail) and Sky (Embry) hit some key free throws at the end of the game which gave us a great cushion. I’m very proud of the girls even though we didn’t have a good game.”
With only one of the previous week’s losses coming against a district opponent, district favorite Slidell, Bellevue still has a chance to get some momentum going again to give the Lady Greyhounds a better game the next time the Lady Eagles play them.
First Bellevue hosts Saint Jo to start the second round of district play, with tip-off scheduled for 6 p.m. on Jan. 21.
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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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