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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Saint Jo, Forestburg clash Friday

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)
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Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.
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