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Saint Jo’s Barrett Johnson passed a career milestone as he scored his 1,000 career point in the team’s game at Midway on Friday night. (Photo by Jennifer Gaston)

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers had an up and down week as they went 1-1 last week
The Panthers beat Prairie Valley 56-35 and lost to Midway 54-43 to close out the first round of district play.
Saint Jo hosted the Bulldogs on Jan. 21 and was able to limit the young squad to only single-digit totals in all four quarters.
Barrett Johnson led the team with 22 points, Trent Gaston was second with 14 and Lee Yeley added 11 points as the team’s front court dominated.
Unfortunately, playing a much bigger Midway team, the Panthers fell behind in the third quarter after getting outscored 15-5 and could not catch back up as they lost 54-43. Johnson led the team with 27 points and Yeley was second with six points.
Despite the disappointing loss, the team celebrated Johnson passing a career milestone and scoring his 1,000 point.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns closed out the first round of district play last week with two wins to finish undefeated.
The Longhorns picked up wins at Gold-Burg 63-43 and against Prairie Valley 70-38.
Forestburg entered the week with a 3-0 record in district, but knew it still had to play well to keep its advantage in district.
The Longhorns played at the Bears gym on Jan. 21 and road explosive 24 and 21 point second and third quarters to the victory.
Kyler Willett dominated in the post with 29 points while Jesus Sanchez was second with 18 points and Jesse Wadsworth scoring 10 points.
It was more of the same on Jan. 24 when the Longhorns hosted a young Prairie Valley team. Forestburg scored 24, 18 and 20 points in the first three quarters before cooling off by playing mostly its bench to end the game as the Longhorns won 70-38.
Sanchez led the team with 21 points while Willett was second with 15 points and John Carranza scored 12 points.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears had a tough week playing two high-scoring teams.
The Bears lost to first place Forestburg 63-43 and against Bellevue 67-53.
Gold-Burg first hosted the Longhorns on Jan. 21 and struggled to keep up with the high-scoring and experienced Forestburg squad once it started to get going in the second quarter. The Bears scored a little better in the second half, but not nearly enough to make up any ground against the district front runner.
Jayton Epperson led the team with 21 points while Camden Dreyer was second with eight points.
The next game was against a young and high scoring Eagles team on Jan. 24. Gold-Burg initially led in the first quarter, but Bellevue’s offense started to get going in the second quarter and the Bears could not slow the Eagles down as the game went along.
Keelyn Case led the team with 15 points while Dreyer was second with 13 points.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs struggled against two of the top teams in the district last week.
The Bulldogs lost to Saint Jo 56-25 and against first place Forestburg 70-38.
Prairie Valley first played at the Longhorns gym on Jan. 24. The young Bulldogs struggled to stop the explosive and experienced Forestburg team from scoring for the first three quarters as they fell behind.
They finished the game outscoring the Longhonrs 14-8 in the fourth quarter, but it did not make much of a difference in the final score.
Kasey Caruthers led the team with nine points while Sawyer Bray and Trae Campbell each scored eight points.
The next game against a big Saint Jo team saw Prairie Valley struggle to score all game as the team was never able to score in the double-digits in any quarter.
Hunter Camden led the team the team with eight points while Campbell was second with six points.

Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from the Bellevue coach.

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Nocona Basketball Interview

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Interview with Nocona basketball players Jasmine Olivares (left) and Bayler Smith following their win win in the regional semifinals against Collinsville on Feb. 17, 2025.
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Bowie, Nocona girl powerlifters compete at Chico

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Girls from Bowie and Nocona lifted at Chico on Feb. 13 in the last meet where they could qualify for the regional meet.
The Lady Indians finished second overall as a team while the Lady Rabbits finished sixth overall.
Nocona had five of its six lifters finish in the top five in their weight classes and score points. Three ended up winning their weight class.
Kaitlyn Tiffner won the 105 pound class as she lifted 520 total pounds. Savannah Wade won the 123 class as she lifted a team high 745 pounds.
Caris Johnson won the 132 class with a total of 655 pounds.
Jaelyn Rodriguez finished second in the 220 pound weight class and Yazmin Ibarra got fourth in the 132 class.
The Bowie team had four of its five lifters finish in the top five in their weight class, with one finishing in first place. Haley Henry won the 114 class as she lifted a team high 605 pounds.
Trently Brewer and Alison Aguirre finished third and fifth in the 132 pound weight class. Jacqueline Lopez finished fourth in the 148 class.

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Softball season starts for Bowie, Nocona

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Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits softball team started their season last week.
The official games that were on the team’s GameChanger app were a loss to Mineral Wells 17-5 on Saturday and a loss to Ponder 10-1 on Monday.
The Lady Rabbits are led by a new coach this year, Griffin Fields and the young group hopes to grow together after struggling last year.
Playing the Lady Rams, Bowie found itself down 10-0 after two and half innings, but bounced back with three runs. Mineral Wells scored four and three runs in the next two innings.
The Lady Rabbits added two more before the game was called after five innings. The Lady Rams won 17-5.
Payton Holt led the team with four RBIs and two hits. The team had five hits overall, but drew nine walks.
Unfortunately, the team gave up 17 hits and committed eight fielding errors.
The defense was better on Monday in Bowie’s game against Ponder at home, but unfortunately, the Lady Rabbits could not get their bats to come alive.
The Lady Lions scored two runs in the second inning, three runs in the fourth inning and four in the fifth inning to take a 9-0 lead.
Bowie got on the board when Rhyan Carle scored on a fielding error to cut the lead to 9-1.
Ponder scored one run in the sixth inning which made the final 10-1.
Serenity Klump led the team with two hits and also drew two walks. The team finished with four hits and drew six walks.
On the mound, Klump struck out five and walked five and gave up seven hits and allowed two earned runs. The team committed seven fielding errors.

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians struggled in their first week of the season, which included games played at the Fort Worth Castleberry Tournament.
The Lady Indians went 1-5 overall as the young team tries to find their footing with new Coach Jeff Hill.
Nocona’s first official game was on Feb. 11 at Petrolia. The game went four innings and the Lady Pirates won 14-2. Evelyn Marquez and Kylea Wallace both drove in one run each to lead the team.
Nocona then played in its first tournament of the season, playing four games between Friday and Saturday.
The Lady Indians started the tournament on a good note against Millsap, going up 5-0. In the bottom of the second inning, the Lady Bulldogs scored eight innings to take the lead. Millsap added one more run in the third inning before the game was called, the final score being 9-5.
Tinley Cable led the team with two hits and two RBIs. Skye Kirby and Ma’leigha Franklin each drove in one run each as well. Wallace struck out five batters and had two earned runs on the mound.
The second game of the first day was against Lake Worth. The Lady Frogs scored five runs in the first inning and six in the fourth inning to pull away and win 12-4 after three and half innings of play.
Gwyndelyn Forsyth led the team with two RBIs. Kirby and Marquez each drove in one more run as well.
The second day of the tournament was better and it showed in Nocona’s first game against Vandergrift. The Lady Indians jumped out and scored four runs in the first inning and led 7-0 after two and half innings of play.
Unfortunately, the Lady Vipers came alive and equaled the score in the bottom of the third inning, tying the game at 7-7.
Nocona’s offense could not answer in the fourth inning, but Vandergrift did, scoring a run to give the team the 8-7 win after the game was called.
The team drew 12 walks in the game. Franklin led the team with two RBIs while Feather Griffith, Ashlynn Brown and Kirby each drove in one run.
That heartbreaking loss seemed to propel Nocona into its next game to make sure it would not happen again.
Against Western Hills, the Lady Indians raced out to nine runs in the first inning and two in the second inning. The Lady Cougars were keeping pace, trailing only 11-9 after the first two innings.
Then Nocona added to its lead with five runs in the third inning.
The defense coming through with a shut out third inning put the game away as the Lady Indians won 16-9, ending their tournament on a bright note.
Marquez led the team with three hits and four RBIs, along with a double and home run. Wallace also drove in four runs and hits triple. Kaitlyn Tiffner, Franklin and Brown each drove in one run as well to add to the total.
On the mound, Wallace struck out five batters, gave up two hits and allowed three earned runs.
Nocona started this week with a game hosting Seymour on Monday and it was a shootout that resembled a football score the Lady Indians were able to win in dramatic fashion.
Nocona led 9-2 after two innings and 13-4 after three. The Lady Panthers reeled off 10 runs in the next two innings, but the Lady Indians scored at a similar pace and led 20-14 heading into the sixth inning.
Seymour then scored 10 runs to take its first lead since the first inning, but Nocona answered back with seven runs to retake the lead 27-24 heading into the seventh inning.
The Lady Panthers again retook the lead, scoring 10 runs for the second straight inning and leading 34-27. Thankfully, the Lady Indian bats and more importantly eyes since they took 40 walks during the game, were alive and Nocona scored eight runs.
The winning run came through on a walk drawn from Brown to give the Lady Indians the 35-34 win.
Franklin led the team with five RBIs. Tiffner, Kirby, Brown and Forsyth each drove in four as well. The team only had 12 hits in the shootout since so many runs came through by drawing walks.

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