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Football Roundup

Gold-Burg vs Forestburg
The Gold-Burg Bears beat fellow Montague County team Forestburg on Friday as both teams opened up district play.
The Bears won 56-8, with the game ending late in the third quarter due to mercy rule.
Gold-Burg came in as the favorites with a 4-4 record compared to the Longhorns 2-6 record. Still, Forestburg was coming into the game after a win while the Bears had lost a competitive game the week before.
Gold-Burg started the game off strong. The Bears had Paul Jones score on a 34-yard run. Forestburg drove down the field, but eventually on fourth down, Gold-Burg saw Hayden Chambers come through with an interception deep in the Bears territory.
Gold-Burg took advantage as Jayton Epperson then got loose for a 50-yard touchdown run.
The Longhorn offense did not have as much luck moving the ball the next drive and turned the ball over on downs. The Bears took over and scored on their first play when Keelyn Case weaved his way for a 37-yard touchdown run.
Gold-Burg was up 20-0 heading into the second quarter.
The new quarter did not change the trend of the game. Forestburg turned the ball over on downs on its next drive and the Bears quickly scored on a 33-yard run from Epperson.
Then on back-to-back possessions, errant tosses on run plays from the Longhorns were picked up by no other than Epperson who took them the distance for scores, one a 35-yard return and the other covering 65 yards.
Forestburg bounced back before halftime. Jesus Sanchez got the ball and ran for a 13-yard touchdown to cut the lead down to 42-8 with less than a minute to play.
Gold-Burg was trying to do everything it could to end the game at halftime and now needed to score twice in short order.
Multiple long touchdown runs got called back due to penalties which got the Bears sidelined heated and led to angry shouts between coaches, players and officials, which was really the only black mark on a great night for Gold-Burg.
The Bears did not end up scoring and the halftime score was 42-8.
While Gold-Burg was trying to regain its composure so it could end the game on a more positive note, Forestburg had to forge ahead without its leading rusher Christian Binanti who hurt his shoulder enough to be done for the night.
The Bears started off the second half recovering the onside kick. They quickly drove down the field and scored on a six-yard run from Case to go up 50-8.
Despite missing its leading rusher, the Longhorns carried on and drove down to Gold-Burg’s red zone. Unfortunately for Forestburg, another turnover ended the scoring chance. The Bears’ Jones recovered the fumble at their own six-yard line.
Gold-Burg took some time to drive the length of the field before eventually ending the game when Levi Hellinger found Case open for a 10-yard touchdown pass.
The Bears won 56-8 with 3:44 to go in the third quarter.
Saint Jo
The Saint Panthers came off the bye-week and won a high-scoring district game at home against Leverett’s Chapel on Friday night.
The Panthers won 89-38, with the game ending at halftime due to mercy rule, but had already gone long enough since 127 points had been scored in only 20 minutes of game action.
Saint Jo came into the game confident with an undefeated record compared to the Lions who were 4-3.
The Panthers scored on almost half of their offensive plays in the game, scoring 11 touchdowns on only 23 plays. It was easily their best performance of the season as both its passing and running games were equally as potent.
Devin Stewart completed 10 of his 12 passes for 232 yards and five touchdowns. He also rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
He was the team’s second leading rushing as Wyatt Lucas rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns. Blayton Calabrese also rushed for a touchdown.
Lee Yeley led the team with six catches for 149 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed for one touchdown as well. Wade Lucas caught two passes for 60 yards and one touchdown.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost another tough game on the road, this time against Tom Bean on Friday night.
The Tomcats won 49-0 against the Indians.
Nocona was hoping it could add to the free fall Tom Bean was on.
The Tomcats had won their first four non-district games but came into Friday’s game on a four game losing streak and had yet to win a district game.
Unfortunately, Tom Bean seemed to get back on track against the Indians.
Nocona’s defense did not have as many mistakes lining up or tackling last week, but that’s because the Tomcats just ran right at the Indians and dared them to stop them.
The Indians struggled to bring down Tom Bean’s big mobile quarterback, who ended the game with 152 yards rushing and was responsible for five of his team’s seven touchdowns.
Nocona’s offense struggled to move the ball. McCrae Crossen led the team with 39 yards rushing.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News. For pictures from the Gold-Burg versus Forestburg game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870068&T=1
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Bowie track runs at Peaster in final meet before district

The Bowie track team competed in its final meet before district last week on March 27 at Peaster.
The boy’s team finished fourth overall while the girl’s team got seventh place.
The boy’s team had three athletes who won their events.
Russell Anderson won the 400 meter race, Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and Tyler Richey won the pole vault events.
Some other highlights for the team included Cody West getting second in the shot put, the 4×400 relay team getting second place, Richey getting fourth in the 110 meter hurdles, Rhyne getting third in the 300 meter hurdles and Jorge De Leon getting fourth in both the discus and shot put.
Brayden Willett got second place in the 3200 meters, third place in the 1600 meters and fourth place in the 800 meter race.
The Lady Rabbit highlights included Dallie Monroe getting fourth in the shot put, Laney Segura getting fifth in the 800 meters and Olivia Richey getting sixth in the 100 meters.
The 4×200 relay got fifth place and the 4×100 relay got sixth place to earn points.
Bowie competes in the district rack meet this week at Iowa Park. The running finals are scheduled for 5 p.m. on April 4.
Results for all Bowie varsity athletes who finished sixth or better are in the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Montague County has nine named all-region basketball players

Nocona’s Meg Meekins (above) not only earned all-region honors, she also earned all-state honors and was named the Texas Girls Coaches Association 1A-4A Player of the Year.
Other Montague County basketball athletes who were named to all-region teams including Rayder Mann from Bowie and Reagan Phipps from Nocona. From Saint Jo, Payzlie Cervantes, Taylor Patrick and Barrett Johnson were named to the all-region team. From Forestburg, Jesus Sanchez, Brenna Briles and Kyler Willett were named to the all-region team.
For pictures of all nine athletes, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Baseball Roundup

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost a close game at home against Perrin-Whitt on March 28.
The Pirates won 8-3, only taking the lead in the seventh inning after the Panthers had come back to tie up the game.
Saint Jo was coming into the game after a close one-run loss in extra innings against Perrin-Whitt earlier last week.
The second game started with two scoreless innings before the Pirates got on the board in the third inning. A line drive into left field resulted in a fielding error that allowed one run to score. A double followed that drove in another run as Perrin-Whitt went up 2-0.
The Pirates added to the lead in the fourth inning, driving in a run on a single to extend its lead to 3-0.
Saint Jo answered back in the same inning. Charlie Evans drove in one run with a single. Later in the inning, with a runners on second on third base, the Perrin-Whitt pitcher balked twice, an illegal pitching motion, that allowed both runners to advance to home plate. The Panthers had tied the score at 3-3.
After a scoreless fifth and sixth inning, the Pirates had the pressure on in the seventh inning.
With the bases loaded, a hit batter and later a walk scored two runs for Perrin-Whitt. Then a bases clearing double scored three more runs to break the game open in the final inning.
Saint Jo tried to answer in its final at-bats, getting two singles and drawing a walk but could not get enough things going to score.
The Pirates won 8-3.
Evans led the team with one RBI and two hits as the team finished with five hits and drew six walks.
Sam Martin allowed eight runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out six and walking three batters in 6.2 innings of work. The defense committed three fielding errors overall.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a tough start to district last week, losing both games in their series against Lindsay.
The Knights won 11-4 and 7-3 against the Indians last week as Nocona hopes to get back into the playoffs.
Nocona was coming off a string of good wins the previous week against smaller schools, but knew Lindsay would be tough.
The first game saw Lindsay continually score runs in the first four innings, building a 9-0 lead before the Indians could get on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning with two runs.
Nocona added two more runs in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 9-4 and get some momentum heading into the final two innings.
After a scoreless sixth inning, the Knights scored two runs in the seventh inning to extend their lead and eventually win 11-4.
Miller Jentry led the team with two RBIs while RJ Walker also drove in two runs. The team had only two hits, but drew nine walks in the game.
Brody Langford allowed six runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out three in three innings pitches. Landon Fatheree allowed five runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out one and walking four. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Nocona knew it could play better and tried to in the second game later in the week while playing on the road at Lindsay.
The Knights again took the early lead, scoring in three of the first four innings and going up 6-0. The Indians scored two runs in the fifth inning and one in the top of the sixth inning to initially cut the lead to 6-3. Lindsay answered with one run in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on to win 7-3.
Walker Murphey led the team with two RBIs after hit a double. Kutter Cabrera drove in the other run for Nocona. The Indians finished with three hits and drew only two walks, making the most of their limited opportunities.
Walker got the start on the mound and allowed seven runs (two earned) on eight hits while striking out six batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed six fielding errors overall.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles started district last week playing a series against fellow 1A team Bryson.
Unfortunately, the Cowboys won both games handily 11-1 and 10-1.
Bellevue was coming off a tough week where it hung tough playing 2A teams Nocona and Chico, not getting wins but competing well against the more experienced and bigger schools.
Unfortunately against Bryson in the first game, a few bad defensive innings threw away a good start to the game. Bryce Ramsey drew a leadoff walk in the first inning and stole his way around to second base, third base before eventually coming home on a steal.
Bellevue led 1-0 after the first inning.
That was the highlight as the Cowboys scored four runs in both the third and fourth inning to take control of the game. Bryson eventually added three more in the sixth inning.
The Eagles needed to score at least one run to avoid getting run-ruled and play the seventh inning, but could not do it. The Cowboys won 11-1.
Walker Strahan, Ryan Jones and Ramsey each had one hit to lead the team. With the Eagles drawing only one walk, it was a tough day swinging the bats for Bellevue.
Defensively, the Eagles allowed 12 hits and walked four batters, though avoided committing any fielding errors.
The second game on the road was not much better.
Bryson built up a 6-0 lead before Bellevue scored in the fifth inning. Cam Blaylock scored on the base paths to cut the lead to 6-1. The Cowboys responded in the same inning scoring four runs to go up 10-1.
The game cuts off on the Game Changer app from there.
Ramsey led the team with three hits in the game and Strahan was behind him with two hits as the team finished with six total and drew one walk.
Defensively, Bryson had nine hits and drew eight walks, but Bellevue did not commit any fielding errors.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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