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Boys Basketball Roundup

Published

1 year ago

12/14/2024

Jesus Sanchez led Forestburg with 31 points in its win against Vernon Northside.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns blew out Vernon Northside at home on Tuesday night in which their starters played only three quarters of the game.
The Longhorns won 62-45, with the Indians cutting the lead down a lot in the fourth quarter playing against Forestburg’s young bench.
Forestburg was playing in a half court zone defense, but their players were being active, looking to jump passing lanes and trapping the ball so it could ignite its transition offense.
The Longhorns also had the advantage inside with Kyler Willett, Jesse Wadsworth and Angel Cruz grabbing offensive rebounds at will.
Forestburg led 20-8 after the first quarter.
The second quarter was more of the same even with center Willett having to sit with foul trouble.
The team noticed a certain off-ball action got the Longhorns best shooter Jesus Sanchez open for shots and fed him over and over as he got hot. Sanchez scored 17 of his team’s 18 points in the quarter while making five 3-pointers.
Forestburg led 38-14 heading into halftime.
The Longhorns did not hold back in the third quarter. Forestburg players were going for steals at will so the team could score in transition. Sanchez scored 11 more points in the period as the Longhorns ballooned their lead up to 60-27.
The only damper was Coach Curtis Enis getting a technical foul on him for rolling his eyes at a call against his team since the game was called tight on both sides to the frustration of many.
Enis sat his entire starting lineup for all of the fourth quarter and the young group expectedly struggled, but it did not matter besides making the final score more respectable.
Forestburg won 62-43.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a tough game at Jacksboro on Tuesday night.
The Tigers won the one-sided game 81-33 as the Indians were faced with some lessons.
Nocona was coming off an up and down tournament performance and was getting a tough test against a big Jacksboro team, which is the Indians weakness.
For four quarter Nocona had trouble stopping the Tigers offense. Jacksboro scored 18 or more points in every quarter while the Indians scored in double-digits in only one quarter.
Karson Kleinhans led the team with 11 points while Landon Fatheree was second with eight. Oscar Salomon-Gomez had a team high three rebounds and two assists to go with six points.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs lost a tough game at home on Tuesday night at Petrolia.
The Pirates won 89-42 against the young Bulldogs.
Prairie Valley had trouble stopping Petrolia’s offense as the Pirates scored 20 or more points in every quarter while raining in many 3-pointers.
While the Bulldogs could not keep pace, they did have good offensive showings in the second and third quarters, but not as much in the first and fourth quarter.
Trae Campbell led the team with 14 points while Josh Stout was second with 10 points.

Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue coaches about Tuesday night’s games. Gold-Burg did not have a game to play on Tuesday.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the Forestburg game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6871042&T=1

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

10 hours 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

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10 hours 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

11 hours 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.