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Football Roundup

Nocona
The Nocona Indians made it a 3-0 start for the first time in five years as they blew out Electra on the road.
The Indians won 58-7 in a game they dominated, though it took longer than expected to get going.
Nocona’s first three drives ended in turnovers in the red zone that frustrated everyone. The Indians scored on their next two drives in the second quarter as quarterback Brady McCasland found Charlie Fuller for two touchdown catches from 11 and 18 yards. Nocona was up 14-0 at halftime, but knew it should have been winning by more.
The Indians got a boost to start the third quarter. Running back Johnny Stone got loose for an 89-yard touchdown run less than 30 seconds into the second half.
Unfortunately, the Tigers got their one big offensive play of the game to answer as one of their running backs broke off a 39-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 20-7.
Nocona would answer back in a big way after that. Arturo Garcia scored shortly after on a 28-yard run. The defense got Electra back as Caden Gaston picked off a pass and returned it for a touchdown.
Then right before the third quarter ended, McCasland scored on a 26-yard run to make it 43-7 heading into the fourth quarter.
Despite the game being firmly in hand, the Indians did not let their foot off the gas pedal. Nocona scored early in the quarter as Bodie Davis took a jet sweep 36 yards for a touchdown run. Later in the quarter Michael Wetmore punctuated a long drive with a 12-yard touchdown run to put the final touches on the game.
Nocona won 58-7.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers stayed undefeated by winning at Crowell on Friday night.
The Panthers won 52-30 against the Wildcats to make it 3-0 to start the season.
Unfortunately, Saint Jo had another slow start to the game as Crowell got out to a 6-0 lead thanks to a long run.
The Panthers fumbled the ball away on their first possession and later turned it over on downs. After turning it over on downs again, Saint Jo would finally score in the second quarter following a fumble recovery from the defense.
Trevor O’Neal would score on a short run to give Saint Jo the lead 8-6.
Crowell would answer with a scoring drive ended on an 18-yard run to go back up 14-8. The Panthers answered on their next drive as Matthew Butler-Everson threw a 36-yard touchdown to Devin Stewart to make the score 16-14.
After the defense got another stop, Butler-Everson again found Stewart for a touchdown, this one just from three-yards out to extend the lead to 22-14.
The Wildcats came back to tie the game 22-22 as Austine Hernandez scored his third touchdown of the half on a 34-yard run.
It looked like it was going to head into halftime with the score tied as Crowell kicked off with less than 30 seconds left. Instead Saint Jo’s Lee Yeley scooped up the onside kick and returned it for a touchdown to give the Panthers a 28-22 lead heading into halftime.
Saint Jo failed to score on its first drive in the third quarter, but its defense did recover another fumble deep in its own territory. Yeley then came through with another big play as he broke off a 70-yard touchdown run to extend the Panthers lead to 36-22.
Crowell was able to make it a one-score game early in the fourth quarter as Hernandez scored on a 16-yard run on fourth down to make it 36-30.
After both teams exchanged four and out offensive sequences, the Panthers scored with Butler-Everson found Steward again, this time from 22 yards out to make it a two score game again 44-30.
The Wildcats then went backwards on their next offensive possession and forced to go for it despite with the time winding down, turned the ball over on their own eight yard line.
Saint Jo put the extra nail in Crowell’s coffin as O’Neal scored on the next play from eight yards out to make the final score 52-30.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears were able to have a happy homecoming picking up their first win of the season against Chillicothe on Friday.
The Bears won 55-8, mercy-ruling the Eagles by halftime in a game where not much went wrong.
Touchdowns came fast and quick on both sides of the ball for Gold-Burg as the team was able to get a boost to the start of the season following a pair of tough losses.
Execution and injury issues have plagued the Bears in their first two games, but those were mostly absent on Friday.
Quarterback Isaac Renteria was able to use his legs to great advantage despite his small stature, scoring several touchdowns and also intercepting a pass on defense.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns lost another close game on Friday, this time to Dallas Academy out of Richardson.
The Bulldogs won 46-37 in a game where the small things came back to bite the Longhorns.
Dallas Academy led only 8-7 after the first quarter, but scored 22 points in the second to take a 30-13 lead at halftime. Forestburg cut it to one score after the third quarter 30-25, but both teams scored twice in the final period not allowing the Longhorns to come back.
Forestburg fumbled the ball away twice on the Bulldogs goal line and with the score being so close, that was the game according to Coach Greg Roller.
It was another close game that slipped away due to not executing in the red zone.
While the team has come a long way from last year hoping to just compete with its small roster, this year competing in these games is not enough for them.
“Some of them when the game was over were just sitting on the bench for literally 10 minutes,” Roller said. “We had to go get them to get changed and stuff because they were really upset. We are wanting to get wins now and are coming.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Crutsinger resigns from Nocona

It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Cervantes signs to college

Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Sieberts earn bronze at state

Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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