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Football Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their opening district game on Friday at Callisburg.
The undefeated Wildcats won easily 51-7 against the young Indian team.
The bigger and older Callisburg team used its size advantage well scoring four touchdowns in the first quarter and never looking back.
Nocona quarterback Brady McCasland scored on a 19-yard run late in the fourth quarter to keep the Indians from getting shut out. He completed eight passes for 55 yards to lead the team while Johnny Stone led the team with 25 yards rushing. Charlie Fuller caught two passes for a team high 22 yards.
Coach Blake Crutsinger thought his team took step forward despite the loss after a disappointing performance the previous week.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers blew out Keene at home on Friday night.
The Panthers won 54-8, ending the game by mercy rule in the third quarter.
Coming off consecutive games against some of the states best, Saint Jo was able to address some of its issues that came up in those games.
“We played so much better offensively than we did against Union Hill,” Coach Mark Stevens said. “There were some things we didn’t do right that we fixed.”
Forestburg
A week after winning their first game in a marathon, the Forestburg Longhorns picked up their second win against Woodson on Friday.
The Longhorns won 39-27 against the Cowboys.
It was a competitive first half with Woodson keying in on stopping Forestburg’s running game. The Cowboys led 13-6 at halftime, but the Longhorns swung the momentum in the second half.
Jesus Sanchez scooped up a fumble to score a touchdown and Forestburg never looked back. The Longhorns opted to spread the field after some trouble running the ball bunched up. Woodson had trouble adjusting and Forestburg was in control.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears four game winning streak snapped on Friday against state-ranked Benjamin.
The Mustangs won 65-20 due to mercy rule as the Bears struggled to match up against the bigger team.
Gold-Burg fell behind early and never recovered against the highly touted team from Benjamin.
It’s a bitter pill to swallow for the team heading into its bye-week before district play starts.
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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