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Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers started their season on Saturday afternoon at Hico playing Medina.
Despite the afternoon sun making game conditions appropriately toasty, the Panthers dispatched the Bobcats 58-12, ending the game due to mercy rule early in the fourth quarter.
Saint Jo scored on its first possession and never looked back. The only offensive drives the Panthers did not score on were two fumbles, but the defense limited Medina to only two touchdowns in the third quarter and recovered one fumble themselves.
Running back Logan Brawner was all the offense Saint Jo needed, racking up 328 yards on the ground and six touchdowns. He also returned a kickoff 50 yards for a touchdown. All his touchdowns came on plays of 30 yards or longer.
Quarterback Cade Stevens completed three of his five passes for 69 yards, throwing a touchdown to Payton Harris.
Saint Jo next plays county foe Gold-Burg. Despite recent one-sided history, Stevens said he is not taking the Bears lightly, calling them the most improved team in six-man from the film he has seen.
The Panthers play at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 at Gold-Burg.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns dominated their season opening game at home against Mount Calm on Friday.
The Longhorns won by mercy rule 59-14 midway through the third quarter.
Despite some big plays early on from the Panthers, the adjustments made by Forestburg on defense put a stop to any more scoring from then on. The offense had its way with Mount Calm, scoring at will.
Coach Trey Cumby liked what he saw overall, but knows there are areas of improvement all over that are correctable.
The Longhorns next play Rising Star, a team that Cumby said has some playmakers the team will have to key on if they want to win. Forestburg plays at 7 p.m. on Sept. 3 at Bryson.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears came up just short of winning at Perrin-Whitt on Friday night.
The Bears lost by one score in a back-and-forth battle 70-64 in a game that was more competitive than almost all of their games the previous year.
At one point Gold-Burg was behind by 20 points in the third quarter, but came all the way back to take the lead at one point. The Pirates would retake the lead and had a two score advantage late in the game.
The Bears did everything they could to score and scored with a little time left to cut the lead to six points. Their only hope was recovering the onside kick or forcing a turnover with little time left and no timeouts.
Unfortunately, Perrin-Whitt recovered the onside kick and was able to kneel the ball to secure the win.
Gold-Burg will face an even bigger challenge this week as it hosts county foe Saint Jo, a state-ranked team that will test the Bears in how physical they are.
Gold-Burg kicks-off at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 at home.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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