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Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers won their season opening game against Fort Worth THESA on Friday night at home with little drama, but a bit of frustration.
The Panthers won 68-44, but could not put the Riders away to end the game early despite starting out the game on fire.
Saint Jo comes into the season with a lot of the same players from last year’s team that went 6-5. One big difference is Coach CJ Hantz and his staff coming in and trying to shape the experienced team in a tougher model.
Saint Jo nearly put THESA away, up 40-6 at one point. Unfortunately, Hantz thought his team got lazy and allowed the Riders to get back in the game, outscoring the Panthers 38-28 the rest of the game.
“We jumped out on them real good,” Hantz said. “Then we just got flat and complacent. Nothing much else to it.”
It was not enough to come back, but for a game that looked like it was going to end early, for it to last all four quarters put a downer on the win for Saint Jo.
Lee Yeley powered Saint Jo, scoring eight of the team’s 10 touchdown on the night. Yeley rushed for 109 yards and scored four touchdowns. He caught seven passes for 144 yards and three touchdowns. On defense he scooped up a fumble and returned it for another score.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns had a great opening game of the season, beating Savoy at home easily after a delay to start the game due to lightning.
The Longhorns won 54-19, which was a good thing to start the season for a team that has a lot of young players at the beginning of the season.
Forestburg comes into the season with a mixture of experienced seniors it can lean on and freshman it will have to rely on if it wants a full team lineup.
The Longhorns jumped on the Cardinals early, getting a lot of success from its passing game with senior quarterback Jesus Sanchez.
Sanchez found Hayden Lawson and Kyler Willett for touchdowns of eight and 38 yards to put Forestburg up 12-0 in the first quarter.
After Savoy cut the lead to 12-6 in the second quarter, the Longhorns saw Sanchez and Willett connect on back-to-back 27-yard touchdown passes. Forestburg led 26-6 at halftime.
Keagan Willett saw some success on the ground, getting loose for 48-yard touchdown run to start the third quarter.
On defense Sanchez then intercepted a pass and returned it 48 yards for a touchdown and then recovered a fumble and returned it 19 yards for another score on back-to-back drives.
Forestburg led 46-6.
With the game pretty secure, Coach Greg Roller decided to start mixing in all of his players into the game to get the inexperienced freshman some playing time. This might have prevented the Longhorns from putting the Cardinals away by mercy rule, but in a way the experience gained by playing out the rest of the second half was valuable.
Savoy scored twice more in the game while Keagan Willett again scored on another long run, this one 52 yards.
It made the final score 54-19.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a tough opening game on Friday against Lindsay where little went right.
The Knights let the Indians have it 47-6 on their home field as Nocona tries to grow from the experience.
The Indians come into the season with their quarterback situation needing time to get comfortable as Jayce Lehde is only a sophomore and Logan Gaston a freshman.
Lindsay was coming off a 5-6 season and looked to only be better with 20 returners coming back and ranked 15th in the state in 2A.
There were not a lot of positives in a game that was so one-sided. Lehde completed four passes for 73 yards and one touchdown.
Gaston completed one pass for 27 yards. Gaston led the team in rushing with 15 yards.
Caden Gaston caught a team high four passes for 92 yards and scored the team’s only touchdown on the night.
Defensively, McCrae Crossen led the team with 10 tackles despite being just a freshman. Raul Rodriguez was second with nine tackles, but picked up three tackles for loss that led the team. Carson Peters got the one turnover for Nocona with an interception.

To read the full story and see pictures from Saint Jo and Forestburg games, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Girls basketball all-district list released

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Bowie’s Laney Segura was named first team all-district this season.

Bowie
First team: Laney Segura
Second team: Hanna Bell
Honorable mention: Parker Riddle, Railey Martin, Lanie Moore, Laney Enlow, Sadie Weaver

Nocona
Superlatives: Meg Meekins, most valuable player; Reagan Phipps, defensive MVP
First team: Aubree Kleinhans, Jolie Rose
Second team: Avery Crutsinger, Bayler Smith, Jasmine Olivares
Honorable mention: Paige Davis
Academic all-district: Kaygan Stone, Ayden Patton, Paige Davis, Bayler Smith, Jasmine Olivares, Avery Crutsinger, Aubree Kleinhans, Reagan Phipps, Jolie Rose, Meg Meekins

1A Awards
Superlatives
: Taylor Patrick, Saint Jo, District MVP; Mary Grace Broussard, Bellevue, offensive MVP; Brenna Briles, Forestburg, defensive MVP; Tatum Morman, Saint Jo, sixth woman of the year; Mattie Broussard, Bellevue, newcomer of the year; Celsey Hoffman, Bellevue, coach of the year
First team: Brittany Gill, Bellevue; Tristan Shook, Bellevue; Jocelyn Rich, Forestburg; Payzlie Cervantes, Saint Jo; Jordyn O’Neal, Saint Jo
Second team: Karis Denson, Bellevue; Chloe Broussard, Bellevue; Isabella Lawson, Forestburg; Braylee Briles, Forestburg; Aubrey Morman, Saint Jo; Krista Reeves, Saint Jo
Honorable mention: Brooklyn Shook, Bellevue; Megan Bain, Forestburg; Taylor Griggs, Forestburg; Linzie Priddy, Prairie Valley; Natalee Young, Prairie Valley; Renee Stout, Prairie Valley; Kamron Skidmore, Saint Jo; Abigail Carter, Saint Jo; Savannah Hill, Saint Jo
Academic all-district
Bellevue
: Brittany Gill, Tristan Shook, Mary Grace Broussard, Karis Denson, Ella Broussard, Mattie Broussard, Brooklyn Shook
Forestburg: Braylee Briles, Jocelyn Rich, Isabel Lawson, Taylor Griggs, Brenna Briles, Megan Bain
Prairie Valley: Linzie Priddy, Natalee Young, Renee Stout
Saint Jo: Taylor Patrick, Aubrey Morman, Krista Reeves, Mercedes Diaz, Payzlie Cervantes, Kaycee Clark, Tatum Morman, Kamron Skidmore, Jordyn O’Neal, Abigail Carter, Savannah Hill, Olivia Johnson

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Softball Roundup

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Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits softball team started off last week with an opening district win against Vernon before struggling at a tournament in Iowa Park over the weekend.
The Lady Rabbits won by run-rule against Vernon at home on Feb. 25, but then lost five games at the tournament playing some tough teams.
Bowie opened up district play hoping to do well since the team has missed the playoffs the last several years.
Against the Lady Lions the Lady Rabbits did most of their offensive damage in the fourth and sixth inning, scoring six and five runs.
Chloe Kinney led the team with three RBIs while Serinity Klump drove it two runs.
Sadie Britt had a team high three hits as the team finished with 10 in the game while drawing four walks.
On the mound, Klump struck out 10 batters while giving up three hits and three runs, two earned and walking two batters. The defense committed three errors overall.
Bowie took that good win into the tournament at Iowa Park where unfortunately wins were hard to come by.
Against Petrolia, the Lady Rabbits lost 8-4, with most of the damage done in the fourth inning before the game was called. Kinney led the team with two RBIs while Britt had two hits.
The next game against Caprock did not go well. The Lady Horns won 15-0 after four innings and not much went right for Bowie.
The second day started against Canyon. While the Lady Rabbits played a bit better, the Lady Eagles won 10-2 after four and half innings. KP Rutherford and Kinney both drove in one run on offense.
The last day of the tournament started against Amarillo. Bowie gave up 10 runs in the first inning and could not recover, losing 17-2 after three and half innings. Klump drove in both runs and had two hits. The Lady Rabbit defense committed only one fielding error in the game as well.
Bowie ended the tournament playing Wichita Falls Legacy and played a competitive game it almost won.
The Lady Rabbits led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the second inning when the Lady Leopards scored nine runs. Bowie answered with two runs in the third inning, but the game was called and the Lady Rabbits lost 9-7.
Four different players drove in one run each while Klump had two hits to lead the team.

Nocona
The Nocona softball schedule had to juggle around the basketball team’s march to the state championship last week, but the Lady Indians played and won one game last week.
Nocona won another high scoring game, this time against Bryson on Feb. 26, 34-24.
After winning earlier in the season a game with the final score of 35-34, the Lady Indians are not opposed to marathon games with lots of twists and turns.
After three innings, Nocona was down 16-8, but even though the team trailed for the majority of the game the Lady Indians hung around enough to stay within range.
Entering the bottom of the sixth inning, Nocona was down 24-21. The Lady Indians then scored 13 runs, the last one on a passed ball, to win the game by run-rule 34-24.
Nocona took advantage of Bryson’s pitching accuracy, drawing 30 walks in the game. That meant all nine hits in the game from the Lady Indians were impactful. Tinley Cable led the team with six RBIs and hit a home run. Skye Kirby, Kylea Wallace and Evelyn Marquez were second with four RBIs each.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers started their season with tough games against Lindsay and Era.
The Lady Panthers lost 18-0 against the Lady Knights and 17-1 against the Lady Hornets.
Saint Jo only had a week’s worth of practice as a full team heading into a tough game in the best of circumstances against 2A Lindsay on Friday.
With it being the start of the season, the only things that went right for the Lady Panthers was giving up only one fielding error in the game. The Lady Knights won 18-0, ending the game after three innings due to run-rule.
Nevaeh Spann got the team’s only hit and Symbri Evans drew a walk to mount some offense.
Saint Jo then played at Era on Monday afternoon. The Lady Panthers got off to a good start on offense.
Jordyn O’Neal drew a walk and after she stole two bases, Maxey Johnson drove her in with a single. Saint Jo led 1-0.
The Lady Hornets answered with three runs before having a big second inning scoring 10 runs.
The Lady Panther bats had no answer and Era tagged on two more runs in each of the next two innings to win 17-1 after four innings by run-rule.
Saint Jo struggled throwing strikes, giving up 22 walks in the game that fueled the Lady Hornets offense.

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Baseball Roundup

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Bellevue beat Vernon Northside last week, the first win for the program since it restarted last season. (Courtesy photo)

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles picked up their first win of the season and of its most recent history against Vernon Northside on Feb. 27.
The Eagles won 9-1 to jump start this season after struggling last year in the program’s inaugural season after many decades of no baseball.
Bellevue dominated from start to finish as the game went six innings. Bryce Ramsey struck out 17 batters on the mound while giving up one run on three hits and one walk. Most importantly, the defense committed no fielding errors.
With the bats, River Trail and Brycen Bancroft led the team two RBIs each. Ryan Jones led the team with three hits.

Bowie
The Bowie Jackrabbit baseball team had a great weekend hosting the American Cancer Society Tournament.
The Jackrabbits went 3-1 overall, winning some close games as they start to come together as a team.
Bowie started the tournament against Archer City.
The Jackrabbits took control scoring four runs in the first inning to lead 4-1. After that, Bowie’s offense slowly added more runs the next four innings while shutting out the Wildcat offense. The Jackrabbits won 9-1.
Edmon De Leon and Caden Belcher led the team with two RBIs each, with De Leon hitting a home run.
On the mound, Rayder Mann pitched most of the game and struck out nine batters while giving up two hits, two walks and one run (zero earned).
Bowie’s second game came a day later against Whitesboro. It was a pitcher’s dual that went down to the final batter. De Leon pitched seven complete shut out innings while giving up one hit and striking out 17 batters.
In the bottom of the seventh inning with one runner on third base and one out, Weston Walker hit a groundball to third base which induced an error that allowed Hunter Rodriguez to score and the game to end. Bowie won 1-0.
The final day of the tournament did not start great for the Jackrabbits. Playing a tough Muenster team, the Hornets were up 4-0 after four innings and Bowie was having trouble scoring giving its limited chances. The Jackrabbits did score one run in the sixth inning, but the game was called before the seventh inning could start. Bowie lost 4-1. Boston Farris drove in the one run for the Jackrabbits.
Bowie was able to bounce back and end the tournament on a fun note. Playing an overmatched Electra team, the Jackrabbits easily beat the Tigers 16-0 after three and half innings played.
Four different players drove in two runs apiece to lead the team as Bowie finished with 13 hits. On the mound, Trae Siegler struck out seven batters in three innings of work while giving up no runs and one hit.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians only got to play two games on the final day of the Jacksboro tournament last week on Saturday due to the state basketball consuming the whole community.
The Indians went 1-1 and competed well in both of their games.
Nocona first played Comanche and won a good game 10-5 after five and half innings played. RJ Walker, Brody Langford and Miller Jhett each drove in two runs to lead the team.
Walker struck out 11 batters and allowed five runs (one earned) on five hits while walking two batters. The defense committed two fielding errors.
The Indians then played Wichita Falls Memorial JV team. It was even after four innings with the score tied at 5-5, each run Nocona scoring being answered by the Mavericks within the same inning.
The Indian offense failed to score any runs in the fifth inning and Memorial was able to score one run on a walk-off single to end the game. Nocona lost 6-5.
Landon Fatheree led the team with two RBIs and three hits while Walker drove in one run. Three different pitchers threw for the Indians and the defense committed only one fielding error.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers struggled in their three games played at the Era tournament last week.
The Panthers did not win, but showed flashes of good play.
Saint Jo first played Callisburg last week and lost 8-2. Tren Gaston and Sam Martin led the team by driving in one run each offensively.
The Panthers then played Tioga and lost 17-8. Charlie Evans and Martin led the team with three RBIs each.
The final game against Sam Rayburn was close, but Saint Jo lost 5-1. Rylan Forrester drove in the one run for the Panthers in the game.

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