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Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg boys
The Saint Jo Panthers won against Gold-Burg at home on Tuesday.
The Panthers won 70-29 as the Bears seemed to have no answer that night.
Saint Jo came out and made some outside shots against Gold-Burg’s zone defense, which forced them to make some adjustments. This allowed the Panthers to be able to penetrate into the lane a bit more.
The Bears offense never got going against the press Saint Jo applied as the Panthers forced several turnovers that led to transition opportunities.
Kile Thurman led Saint Jo with 21 points while Cade Steven had a team high 14 assists while scoring 13 points and grabbing eight rebounds.
Coming off a tight road win that was crucial for district standings, Coach Lyndon Cook thought his team played well.
“Thought we came out very businesslike and were able to execute our stuff a lot better than in the first time around against these guys,” Cook said.
With the team’s only loss coming against top-rated Slidell, Saint Jo hopes to be playing its best when the team gets one final shot to try and topple the state giants.
Saint Jo is scheduled to play at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 at Bellevue. Gold-Burg is next scheduled to play at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 at Midway.
Bellevue girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles lost to Midway on Tuesday in a close game.
The Lady Falcons won 49-46 to give Bellevue only its second district loss.
Austin Ford led the Lady Eagles with 18 points and Sky-Lar Embry was second with 12 points.
A bad second quarter put Bellevue behind and playing catch-up the rest of the game, falling just short despite playing well in the second half.
Coach John McGee knows his team will have one more game against Midway to try and make the series even.
Bellevue is next scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Feb. 2 at home against Saint Jo.
Forestburg
Both Forestburg teams had to play the top teams in the district Slidell at home on Tuesday.
It did not go well for either as the Lady Horns lost 77-19 while the Longhorns lost 95-13.
The Forestburg girls had a good first quarter trailing only 21-11, but foul trouble and better defense from the Lady Greyhounds led to the final score. Morgan Miller led the team with 12 points.
The young and undermanned Forestburg boy’s team had little chance against the top-ranked team in the state and Slidell did not hold back in the first quarter scoring 42 points.
Braxton Osteen led the team with eight points while Dylan Ronken was second with three points.
Coach Eldon Van Hooser said the team has to keep working to get everyone up to speed.
Forestburg is next scheduled to play Gold-Burg starting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 2 at home.
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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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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