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Nocona
The Nocona Indians won a low scoring game at Muenster.
The Indians won 30-21 despite scoring no points in the opening quarter.
Luckily, Nocona held the Hornets to only three points and never let them score in the double-digits.
The Indians bounced back to score 11 points in the second quarter, enough to lead at halftime 11-8. Nocona then struggled to score again in the third quarter and Muenster retook the lead 15-14 heading into the fourth.
The Indians finished strong, doubling their offensive output through the first three quarters as the team made three 3-pointers and five different players scored. The Hornets could not keep up.
Nocona’s first scheduled game after the break will be opening district play at 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 30 at Henrietta.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs beat down Chico on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs had their best offensive performance of the season as they won 58-31 against the Dragons.
Prairie Valley had it rolling from the 3-point line as the team shot 66 percent from there and 57 percent overall. The team also knocked in all of their free throws.
Isaac Yeargin led the team with 30 points, making 10 3-pointers. Tyler Winkler was second scoring 18 points and making four 3-pointers while leading the team with eight assists.
Konner Ritchie led the team with seven rebounds and five steals to go with four points.
The Bulldogs kick off district play at 3 p.m. on Dec. 21 at Forestburg.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears lost to Vernon Northside at home on Tuesday.
The Indians won by a comfortable margin 73-43 as the Bears were without two starters who were stuck in quarantine.
Gold-Burg hung with Northside in the first quarter, trailing only 17-14.
The Bears offense stuttered in the second quarter scoring only six points while the Indians almost equaled their total and led 32-20 at halftime.
While Gold-Burg scored in the double-digits in both the third and fourth quarter, Northside scored 20 or more in both quarters as well to extend its lead throughout the game.
Luke Skinner led the team scoring 11 points while Jack Henry scored 10 points.
The Bears next scheduled game is the start of district at 3 p.m. on Jan. 2 against Saint Jo at home.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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District awards for 1A released

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Bellevue’s Bryce Ramsey was named his district’s newcomer of the year.

With the baseball and softball seasons over for the area 1A schools, district awards have been released.
Listed below are those earned honors on the field and in the classroom for Saint Jo and Bellevue.

Softball
Saint Jo
Honorable mention

Utility player: Taylor Patrick; Catcher: Jordyn O’Neal

Baseball
Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Devin Stewart, Saint Jo
Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue

Pitcher: Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Jayden Curry, Saint Jo

Second team
Pitcher: Charlie Barclay, Saint Jo
Infielder: Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; Sam Martin, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Rylan Forrester, Saint Jo
Catcher: Charlie Evans, Saint Jo
Utility: Logan Hoover, Saint Jo
DH: Amzy Barclay, Saint Jo

Honorable mention
Cody Gaston, Saint Jo; Xander Joyner, Saint Jo

To see academic awards from Saint Jo players, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Forestburg coach retiring

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Forestburg boys basketball coach Eldon Van Hooser helped lead the program to its first playoff win in nine years in his last year coaching.

Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”

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Bowie Sports Banquet

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.

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