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Football Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers took it to Texas Leadership Charter Academy on Friday, ending the game in the first half.
The Panthers won 63-0 against the overmatched Eagles’ team with little trouble as Saint Jo stayed undefeated in district play heading into its bye-week.
The Panthers scored on every offensive possession, scoring six touchdowns on only 10 offensive plays. The defense got in the action scoring twice while forcing TLCA to go backwards more than forwards, totaling -52 yards of offense.
Logan Brawner scored three touchdowns on four touches totaling 165 yards of offense. Chance Bennett scored two rushing touchdowns and set the tone scooping up a fumble and scoring on the Eagles’ first offensive possession.
Cade Stevens and Jonathon Diaz each completed one pass for a touchdown, with Diaz’s pass going to Stevens for a 35-yard touchdown. Dylan Brockman scored the final touchdown of the game with an interception he returned for a score.
The Panthers final district game will be a home game against Perrin-Whitt at 7:30 p.m. on Nov.6.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears let a winnable game slip away in their opening district game against Trinidad at home on Friday.
The Trojans won 34-22, pulling away by two scores only at the end as the game.
The Bears came into the game following a bye-week after winning their last five games. Trinidad featured many tall and impressive looking athletes who had some speed in the open field.
This was featured on the Trojans’ first drive when they scored on a long touchdown run to take the lead. Gold-Burg’s offense stalled, but on defense the Bear’s Kani Grace recovered a fumble and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown to tie the score up 8-8.
The defenses traded stops and turnovers to finish the first quarter out as Gold-Burg’s Matt Fatheree intercepted a pass, but the Trojans intercepted it right back.
Trinidad scored on a 15-yard touchdown pass to start the second quarter to go up 16-8. The Bears offense continued to falter as negative plays could not be overcome and big plays were harder to come by. Gold-Burg’s defense recovered three fumbles in the quarter thanks to mostly botched exchanges from the Trojans. One included another defensive touchdown, but a failed kick saw the Bears trail 16-14 at halftime.
Gold-Burg took the lead early in the second half as Grace threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Fatheree to make the score 22-16. Fatheree intercepted his second pass of the game on Trinidad’s next possession and it looked like the Bears might take control of the game.
Unfortunately, the offense would continue to shoot itself in the foot with negative plays and the lack of big plays to make them up.
The Trojans tied the score on another big run at the beginning of the fourth quarter to tie the game at 22-22. This came on the heels of a third red zone trip from Gold-Burg’s offense that failed to produce any points.
The Bear’s offense turned the ball over on downs deep in their own territory next. Trinidad took over and scored on a 10-yard run to take the lead 28-22.
Gold-Burg’s offense could not respond and turned the ball over with a little more than three minutes to play.
The Trojans tried to run the clock out, but their big play running back scored his fourth touchdown on the game on a 25-yard run to make the score 34-22 with less than a minute left to play.
The Bears would need a miracle to come back, but that was dashed when Trinidad recovered a surprise onside kick to ice the game.
The district does not get any easier this week. Gold-Burg travels to Fannidel in a do-or-die game for the Bears, who need to win their final two games to make the playoffs.
The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 30.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns started off district play with a loss at Fannindel on Friday.
The Falcons won the game 53-6 in the first half as their athleticism and execution proved too much for the Longhorns.
The only good part of the game for Forestburg happened at the beginning. Jaden Meek took the opening kickoff back for a touchdown to put the Longhorns up 6-0.
Forestburg had a chance to add to its lead early, but squandered the opportunity. From there, it was all Fannindel.
Team leaders included Meek with 32 rushing yards on four carries. Hayden Berry caught one pass for 12 yards to lead the team.
Coach Trey Cumby knew his team would have to play its best game and be mistake free if they had a chance to beat the Falcons, who have yet to lose a game this season.
He didn’t get that which did not help his team compete well with one of the district favorites.
The Longhorns will need to win both of their final district games if they want to make the playoffs for the second straight season.
Forestburg next plays at Trinidad at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 30.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians had the worst case scenario happen to them on Friday.
Due to a second player testing positive for COVID-19 last week, the Indians agreed to forfeit their game against Holliday.
Coach Rick Weaver said the decision was made at around 4:15 p.m. on Friday after calling the Eagles Coach Frank Johnson.
“We had a kid come up positive on Friday, our second one of the week,” Weaver said. “When I called Holliday, I told him we have backups we will put in, but after discussion we didn’t feel it was the right decision to put two teams on the field and risk infecting their school as well.”
As of Monday, Nocona is still planning to travel to Valley View to play this week.
The Eagles have struggled with injuries this season and are winless, but the Indians expect it to be a tough game with them getting some key players back from injury.
The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 30.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers picked up a high-scoring win against Perrin-Whitt on Thursday to get their second straight district win and some revenge.
The Lady Panthers won 35-20 against the Lady Pirates, nearly equaling the total when both programs played on the gridiron during the fall.
Saint Jo was coming off a big win the previous week against Bryson, but had lost the last time it played Perrin-Whitt by 10 runs in another high-scoring game.
The Lady Panthers did not start the game off well, allowing 11 runs in the top of the first inning before they had even gotten a chance to bat yet.
Most teams would crumble, but Saint Jo fought back slowly at first before picking things up.
The Lady Panthers scored three runs in the first inning to cut the lead to 11-3.
Perrin-Whitt added four more runs in the second inning to go up 15-3, which in most games is insurmountable.
Saint Jo answered with eight runs in the bottom of the second inning, cutting the lead to 15-11.
The Lady Pirates scored five runs in the third inning and went up by nine runs 20-11. Then the Lady Panthers had a monster offensive inning that went on for awhile.
Saint Jo scored 18 runs in the third inning, not only getting its first lead, but going up by nearly double-digits 29-20.
The Lady Panthers had the momentum and it showed on defense in the fourth inning, allowing no runs for the first time all game by either team.
Saint Jo then went for the kill, scoring six runs to end the game early due to run-rule with the final score being 35-20.
Mercedes Diaz led the team with seven RBIs as she hit one of the two home runs for the Lady Panthers, with the other going to Lily Cook. Maxey Johnson was right behind with six RBIs and Kamron Skidmore had four.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started the second round of district with a dominant win against Era on Monday.
The Lady Indians won 16-0 after four innings, winning by run-rule against the Lady Hornets.
Nocona went 3-2 in the first round of district, only losing to big dogs Lindsay and Muenster. The first time the Lady Indians had played Era, it had been a close 5-2 win for Nocona so the team knew it had to come to play.
The Lady Indians started off well, scoring five runs in the first inning to take the early lead. Nocona added three runs during the next two innings to go up 8-0 as the Lady Indian defense shut down the Lady Hornets.
Nocona then went for the kill, scoring eight runs in the fourth inning to end the game early, winning 16-0.
Reagan Phipps and Tinley Cable each had home runs. Phipps had a team high three RBIs while Cable, Heidi Atteberry and Gwyndelyn Forsyth each finished with two RBIs.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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