SPORTS
Football Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up their first win at Chico on Friday.
The Indians won a one-sided game 36-18, with 22 points coming in the second quarter as they played with the lead for rest of the game.
The Dragons struck first scoring on a double pass play, but Nocona came back to score with Cesar Gutierrez on a short run as the teams were locked 6-6 heading into the second quarter.
The Indians would score on their next two drives with a short Trent Sappington run and a 28-yard run from Gutierrez. Michael Wetmore then intercepted a pass and took it back 45 yards for a touchdown as Nocona led 28-12 at halftime.
Besides the first drive of the second half, the Indians defense held strong against Chico. The final nail in the coffin came early in the fourth quarter as Brady McCasland found Sam Davis for a 27-yard touchdown.
The Indians next host private school Pantego Christian out of Arlington. The Panthers area a talented group with a couple of division I football recruits that will give Nocona all it can handle.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Sept.25.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears made it two in a row as they stomped Arlington Texas Leadership Charter Academy on Friday night.
The Bears won 64-0 with the game over at halftime due to mercy rule.
Gold-Burg overpowered the Eagles in every way on both sides of the ball. TLCA playing in its first game of the season had trouble getting lined up which did them no favors against a Bears team growing in confidence.
Coach Joe Helms thought it was one of the first games Gold-Burg played up to its capability and did not just settle matching its opponent’s energy.
“It’s hard to be critical in a 64-0 win,” Helms said.
Gold-Burg hosts Vernon Northside at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 25.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns did not play their best against a tough Bryson team at home.
The Cowboys won 52-6 with the game called early in the third quarter due to mercy rule.
The schedule does not get any easier with county rival Saint Jo coming to the Longhorns’ field this week. The state-ranked Panthers have yet to be challenged this season as their power running game has run through every opponent so far.
Forestburg has lost the previous three matchups the last two seasons, including last year’s game which Cumby called the team’s worse performance of the season.
With pride on the line and a tough challenge ahead, the Longhorns will have no reason not to be up for this game. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 25.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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