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Boys Basketball Roundup

Published

2 years ago

12/16/2023

Nocona
The Nocona Indians hosted Henrietta on Tuesday and blew out the former district opponent.
The Indians won 72-49 against the Bearcats, outscoring Henrietta in three of the four quarters.
Nocona got out to a great start, scoring 23 points in the first quarter. The Bearcats were not too far behind in the high-scoring first period, scoring 15 points.
The Indians held Henrietta to only six and 11 points the next two quarters while not dropping off too much from their first quarter pace. Nocona led 39-21 at halftime and 59-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Indians did let their foot off a gas a bit in the fourth quarter with their lead being so high. The Bearcats outscored Nocona 17-13, but the Indians still won easily overall 72-49.
Karson Kleinhans led Nocona with 20 points while three other players also finished in double-figures. Brady McCasland scored 16 points, Johnny Stone scored 12 points and Javier Gaytan scored 10 points while leading the team with seven assists.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns won in overtime against Bryson at home on Tuesday night.
The Longhorns won by one basket 68-66 against the Cowboys to give them some confidence with district play starting soon.
Forestburg was coming off an up and down Thackerville tournament and wanted a good game against a team that is similar size.
The two teams battled back and forth through three high scoring quarters, with leads switching sides several times.
The fourth quarter and overtime periods then got tense as the pressure of the moment and the pace grew more deliberate for both sides.
After scoring double-digits in every quarter throughout the game, both scored only nine points in the fourth quarter which sent the game into overtime tied at 61-61.
The Longhorns made one more field goal and added a free throw make to pull ahead in the end, winning 68-66.
Jesus Sanchez led the team with 22 points while Talon Jones came off the bench to score 18 points.
Jesse Wadsworth added 16 points while grabbing a team high 12 rebounds and dishing seven assists.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs lost a competitive game at Petrolia on the road Tuesday night.
The Pirates won 52-42 against the Bulldogs in a game where Prairie Valley was playing catch up from the start.
The Bulldogs were always within range to pull a comeback if they went on a run. Petrolia led 26-20 at halftime and 41-36 heading into the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, Prairie Valley could never turn the corner and get the lead.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles lost at Electra on Tuesday night in a disappointing performance with district play starting soon.
The Tigers won 56-34 against the Eagles in a game where they had no answer for Electra’s post play.
The Tiger’s Jeremiah Murphy scored 30 and Bellevue could not keep up offensively.
Ryan Jones led the Eagles with 13 points while River Trail ended with nine points.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears lost a tough, one-sided game against private school Victory Christian on Tuesday.
The Patriots won 75-31 against the Bears who want to forget the game as just an awful night.
Aidan Foster led the team with 12 points while Jayon Grace was second with nine points.

Missing scores
Saint Jo’s Coach did not give results from Tuesday’s game.

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.

No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.

With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Willett, Richey off to State

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.

Tyler Richey finished 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.

Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.

The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.

Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.