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Boys Roundup

Published

11 months ago

12/06/2023

Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a good first tournament of the season at Dodd City last week.
The Indians went 3-1 over the two days of the tournament while picking up some big wins against tough teams.
Nocona first played Thorndale which is a similarly ranked 2A team as the Indians. Nocona was able to leverage a dominant first and fourth quarter in able to pull out the back and forth 53-45 win.
The Indians next played Martinsville which ended up being their easiest game of the tournament. Nocona beat up on the 1A team and won by more than 40 points 69-27 to finish out the first day of the tournament.
The Indians next game was the first one on Saturday and proved to be the closest game of the tournament. Nocona faced another 1A team, but Dodd City was ranked among the top 10 in the state in its classification.
The Indians did not beat up on the smaller school as it was the Hornets that carried a 10 point lead into the fourth quarter.
Nocona came back and dominated the final period, but only pulled ahead at the buzzer when Charlie Fuller, who scored a team high and season high 21 points, made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. The Indians won 51-48 to pull off the comeback.
The championship game would be against another 1A team, but again it was not just any 1A team. Graford is the two-time defending state champion and features a tall and physical lineup not usually seen in 1A.
The first quarter was close, but Nocona had trouble scoring the final three quarters as the team failed to break double-digits. The Indians defense made sure the Rabbits had trouble as well, but Nocona was playing catchup for the whole game and was not gaining any ground.
In the end, Graford won the low-scoring game 38-27.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns faced some tough competition at their second tournament of the season last week at Chico.
The Longhorns went 2-2 overall playing against mostly bigger schools.
Forestburg first got matched up against tournament host Dragons and blew them out of the water. The Longhorns won 58-19 in their easiest game of the tournament.
Forestburg then went to play arguably the toughest game of the tournament against Windthorst. The Trojans won 64-34 against a Longhorn team that was overwhelmed.
The next game against private school Victory Christian was not much better. The Patriots won 46-27 against Forestburg.
The Longhorns ended the tournament against Valley View and played their most competitive game during the two days. It was close, but in the end Forestburg came out on top 45-37.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears got their first big test by playing in their first tournament at Saint Jo last week.
The Bears had a rough go of it playing against mostly bigger schools and went 1-4 overall, but ended with a big win.
Gold-Burg had a tough beginning to the tournament.
The Bears first played a good 2A Muenster team and lost 60-25. It was a similar story against private school Sacred Heart that won 75-42.
The game against 2A Lindsay was not as bad 49-31 as the team was starting to limit turnovers a bit more by playing more under control.
Gold-Burg would lose a close game to Texoma Christian 53-49 to then play a future district opponent.
Tournament host Saint Jo has dominated Gold-Burg during the two’s history, with the Bears winning only three games against the Panthers ever. The last time was in 2019 when Gold-Burg’s Tanner Parrish scored 57 points to help the Bears pull the upset.
On Saturday, it was the experience of the Gold-Burg’s team, which was playing better every game in the tournament, versus a still young Saint Jo team.
The Bears won the surprisingly one-sided game 45-27 to end their tournament on a great note.
Jayon Grace was named to the all-tournament team and Coach Christian Healer thought his team showed big improvement.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs struggled at their second tournament of the season at Chico last week.
The young Bulldogs went 0-4 during the two days while also playing several bigger schools.
Prairie Valley first was paired with the similarly sized Electra to start the tournament. The Tigers won the one-sided game 51-19 against the Bulldogs.
Things did not get easier against private school Victory Christian. The Patriots won 54-23 to end the first day.
The beginning of day two was only a little better. Playing a tough 2A Windthorst program, Prairie Valley hung with the Trojans a bit more than it had in its previous two games. The game still was not close, but Windthorst won 52-34 as the Bulldogs scored the most points they would at the tournament.
It was not Prairie Valley’s best game though. That would be the Bulldogs final game against 1A Bryson. It was a back-and-forth, close and low-scoring match. In end the Cowboys won by one basket 31-28.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles had a positive first tournament at City View last week.
The Eagles went 3-1 overall during the two days of tournament play.
Bellevue first played the similarly sized Grandfield team from Oklahoma to start the tournament. The Eagles won by more than 20 points 57-36.
Bellevue was then presented with a tougher challenge playing 4A Hirschi. The Huskies won by double-digits, but the Eagles kept the margin respectable, losing 48-33.
Bellevue bounced back against 2A Olney. The Eagles won by a good margin against the Cubs 60-46 to start the second day of right.
Bellevue then ended the tournament on a great note by beating 2A Vernon. It was the closest game of the tournament for the Eagles, but Bellevue still won by double-digits as it won 51-40.

Missing scores
Missing scores from Saint Jo’s coach.

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Bowie Football Interview

Published

1 day ago

10/23/2024

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Interview with Bowie football players Noah Metzler (left) and Hunter Rodriguez following their win against Boyd on Oct. 18, 2024.

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Volleyball Roundup

Published

1 day ago

10/23/2024

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Bowie's Railey Martin hits the ball hard over the net.

Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits played their final home game of the season on Friday against Jacksboro.
The Lady Tigers came away with a straight sets win 3-0, but the Lady Rabbits made them work for it early in the match.
It was senior night for Bowie and it was hoping it could make it special by getting its first district win. The Lady Rabbits previous two matches had both gone five sets and were the best the team had played all throughout district. They were hoping it could break through against Jacksboro.
The Lady Tigers proved to be tough as they had several big players at the net that made things tough.
The first set saw Bowie lead for most of it, but never by more than three points until the end of the set. The Lady Rabbits lead was 22-18 and it looked like they were about to close the set.
Unfortunately, following a time out Jacksboro came back to eventually win the set 26-24, stealing it in the end to go up 1-0.
The second was competitive again even if Bowie was the one slightly trailing for the first 30 points, down 16-14. Then the Lady Tigers pulled away, winning nine of the next 11 points to earn the victory 25-16 to go up 2-0.
The Lady Rabbits had tried to pull a comeback recently, coming back from two sets down against City View to force a fifth set.
Unfortunately, that did not happen. Bowie fell behind early in the third set and was trying to dig itself out of a hole the entire time. The Lady Rabbits made it out enough to make the final score respectable, but lost 25-19.

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians took break from district to play tough private school Christ Academy.
The Lady Warriors beat the Lady Indians in straight sets 3-0 as Nocona struggled to compete.
The Lady Indians were coming off a 3-1 record in the first round of district and had easily beaten every opponent besides Windthorst who they had lost against.
The first two sets were more competitive, but Nocona lost 25-19 and 25-21. The third set saw Christ Academy run away with it 25-12 to close the match.
Ava Johnson led the team with led the team with eight kills while Raylea Bowles was second with five.
Leah Meekins had a team high nine assists while Kasi Castro was second with six. Sy Parker got the team’s only service ace.

Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers wrapped up another district title with their win against Prairie Valley at home on Friday.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Bulldogs.
Saint Jo came into the match knowing it could not take Prairie Valley too lightly. The Lady Bulldogs only loss in district had come against the Lady Panthers and had not really been challenged by the other three teams.
Saint Jo showed up to take the match seriously from the beginning and won with the set scores being 25-12, 25-14 and 25-15.
Coach Kelly Skidmore was proud of her team playing up to its potential and not slacking off.
“Our girls served well and play at the net was solid,” Skidmore said. “Prairie Valley has always played us tough and we knew they would come in looking to try and take advantage of us not playing up to our level or just being lazy.”
For Prairie Valley, it was disappointing for the close nit senior group that was hoping it could give the big bad wolf its best shot one final time.

Forestburg vs Gold-Burg
The Forestburg Lady Horns were able to pick up a home district win against Gold-Burg on Friday.
The Lady Horns won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Bears.
Forestburg was coming off rough losses against the top two teams in the district, Saint Jo and Prairie Valley.
Gold-Burg was looking for its first district win of the season and hoped it could catch a young Lady Horns team slipping.
Forestburg won with set scores being 25-15, 25-18 and 25-19, but Coach Jason Briles was not happy with how his team looked.
“We didn’t play with any energy tonight,” Briles said. “That is something that has to change regardless of our opponent. We did show a lot of hustle tonight though, getting to balls that we would normally let end up on the floor.”
Brenna Briles led the team with 24 kills and 12 digs. Jocelyn Rich had a team high 16 assists and added seven digs. Karmen Willett had a team high two service aces to go with five kills and four assists. Taylor Griggs had a team high four blocks to go with five kills.
For Gold-Burg, the team showed improvement by competing better against an opponent that is a playoff team, but is just missing that little something to put it over the edge to pull out some sets.

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Football Roundup

Published

1 day ago

10/23/2024

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians were more competitive than they have been coming off a bye-week, but still fell to Trenton at home on Friday.
The Tigers won 22-0 against the Indians as Nocona’s defense played better than it has in recent weeks.
The Indians came into the game knowing it had a tough challenge. Despite Trenton’s modest 3-4 record and no wins in district, the Tigers offense is a unique one that features a lot of misdirection and is unlike anything Nocona has ever played.
“There offense is different, it’s certainly one of a kind,” Crutsinger said. “Had an extra week to get ready for it, but the biggest thing is we couldn’t get the ball in the end zone. We got the ball inside the 10-yard line twice and one time inside the 25-yard line, but came away with no points.”
Even with an extra week to prepare for it, the Indians could only prepare so much. Still, on the first drive of the game the Indians defense forced a turnover on downs.
Unfortunately, it did not lead to a lot of great things.
After a scoreless first quarter, Trenton scored one touchdown in each of the final three quarters,

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns were able to win their final non-district game of the season at Throckmorton.
The Longhorns won 46-33 against the Greyhounds to break out of their winless funk.
Forestburg came into the game with a 1-6 record, but was confident taking on a young Throckmorton squad that was 0-6 on the season.
The Longhorns mixed up their offense during the game, from spread to power I formation to great effect. Christian Binanti scored on a 12-yard run to start the game.
The Greyhounds responded with a touchdown drive, but the Longhorns scored when Jeasus Sanchez found Aiden White for a 22-yard touchdown catch.
In the second quarter, Sanchez found Binanti open for a 38-yard touchdown pass. Forestburg led 22-7 at halftime.
Throckmorton was not going away though. The team scored twice in the third quarter to cut the Longhorns lead to 22-19 heading into the fourth quarter.
Forestburg then exploded in the final period thanks to all three phases of the game. Sanchez recovered a fumble and returned it 27 yards for a touchdown.
On special teams, the Longhorns recovered not one, but two consecutive onside kicks.
This led to scores as Binanti ran for a 38-yard score and Sanchez later caught a pass from John Carranza for a 24-yard touchdown.
Carranza was rewarded since he was the kicker that led to the successful onside kicks, with three in the game since Forestburg got one earlier. He also made five of his six extra point kicks.
Throckmorton scored once more on a long run in the final minute of the game to make the final score 46-33 for Forestburg.
Binanti led the team with 104 yards rushing and two touchdowns on the ground while catching one through the air. White led the team with seven catches for 73 yards and one receiving touchdown.
Sanchez completed nine passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns. On defense he led the team with 19 tackles and recovered a fumble for a touchdown. It was one of five turnovers the team forced, with White leading the team with two fumble recoveries.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears win streak was broken as it lost to Fort Worth Texas Home Educators Sports Association on Friday.
The Riders won 65-37 in a game that challenged the Bears.
Gold-Burg came in feeling good about its chances. After starting the season 0-3, the Bears had reeled off four wins in a row. Still, it was facing a big challenge playing a 7-1 team.
The Bears defense had trouble against THESA’s spread out offense that threw the ball as well as any team they had faced.
Gold-Burg was able to keep pace initially with its running game, but eventually the Riders were starting to pull away.
Some of the Bears top players were starting to get nicked up as the game went along. With THESA up multiple scores in the second half, Coach Christian Healer decided to call it and subbed in bench players to save his guys for the next game.
Paul Jones led the team with 133 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns on the ground. He also threw for 46 yards and one touchdown. Jayton Epperson rushed for 71 yards and also caught a 39-yard touchdown pass.
Zander Crawford and Keelyn Case each had six tackles to lead the team.

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