SPORTS

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Saint Jo, Forestburg clash Friday

Published

11 years ago

09/30/2015

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com

Forestburg and Saint Jo are roughly 12 miles apart.
Since Saint Jo dropped down to six-man football, the Panthers and Longhorns have formed a rivalry in Montague County.
The programs will play on Friday as Forestburg travels to Saint Jo for a non-district showdown at Harley Sewell Field. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
The match-up is made all the more dramatic knowing Forestburg head coach Wayne Tuckwell once served as an assistant at Saint Jo.
“Wayne’s done a great job at Forestburg,” Saint Jo head coach Chad Tallon said. “It’s always fun to play each other. The kids play each other in every sport. They know each other.”
Tuckwell moved from Northside, a six-man football powerhouse, to take a similar position in Saint Jo before eventually moving to the head spot in Forestburg.
“It’s always a big game,” Tuckwell said.
Tuckwell said the biggest thing is to keep the Longhorns focused, and beating Saint Jo would be a big part of that.
Last year’s game was a classic as Forestburg defeated Saint Jo 69-54 at Longhorn Stadium.
Tuckwell said it’s going to be important for the Longhorns to play disciplined football and be in the right position – especially against Saint Jo’s new spread formation with Blake Anderson and Preston Lyons making the Panther offense tick.
Most of the time, Saint Jo will run a 4-2 defense. For Forestburg, the task at hand will be to stay on their blocks in an attempt to move the ball.
Forestburg (2-3) is coming off 60-32 loss to Nazarene Christian based in Crowley. Meanwhile, Saint Jo (3-1) has had two weeks to prepare for the Longhorns.

Gold-Burg reaches bye week

The Gold-Burg football team lost on Homecoming 39-0 to Victory Life Christian of Durant, Okla.
This week, the Bears will spend time beginning a two-week crash course on Tioga, a six-man program on the rise. Read more, and see complete summaries and standings, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Gold-Burg’s Walker Bird (5) attempts to tackle Jake Hodge from Victory Life Christian during Friday’s 6-man game in Stoneburg. The Bears suffered a 39-0 Homecoming loss. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Ryan Evans)

SPORTS

Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

3 days 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.

SPORTS

Willett, Richey off to State

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3 days 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.

SPORTS

Fourteen track athletes head to State

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3 days 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.