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Forestburg boys break six year streak and beat Saint Jo
The Forestburg Longhorns picked up their first win against Saint Jo since 2018 with a home win on Tuesday night.
The Longhorns won 56-40 in a game that was not that close for most of the game.
Saint Jo was coming into the game with 2-0 district record despite the young team struggling during its non-district schedule. The Panthers recently blew out a tough Gold-Burg team the previous week to show they were turning the corner in the games that really counted.
Forestburg came into district with high expectations to break its playoff drought, but dropped its first two games in disappointing performances. The Longhorns then won a come-from-behind game at Gold-Burg last week to give it some confidence heading into this game.
The Panthers were missing one starter, but with the way Forestburg came out at the beginning of the game, it did not seem anything was going to stop the Longhorns.
In every way Forestburg outplayed Saint Jo in the first quarter. The Longhorns attacked the Panthers full-court press and was able to get some quick looks on offense they took advantage of.
Jesus Sanchez was making shots from the perimeter, Jesse Wadsworth was keeping the ball moving while scoring from all over and Kyler Willett was using his size and skill to score in the post for Forestburg.
The Longhorns led 24-3 after the first quarter and it never got much better from there.
Even with Forestburg’s offense cooling off and the Panthers getting some success on offense going, Saint Jo could not turn the game around.
The Longhorns led 35-12 at halftime and 49-19 heading into the fourth quarter.
Frustration seemed to boil over at the start of the final period when the Panthers coach picked up his second technical foul arguing a call with the referees and was asked to leave. A Saint Jo fan then got asked to leave for similar reasons in the final two minutes of the game.
Saint Jo had its best stretch of the game in the fourth quarter, more than doubling its three quarter total with 21 points scored.
With Forestburg emptying its bench and playing with less aggression since it was comfortably up by so much, the Panthers took advantage.
It made the final score 56-40 a lot closer than most of the game was.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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