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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Can Bowie claw Wildcats?

By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Littlefield football team was in disarray during the middle of the 2016 season, coming out of non-district play with a 2-3 record.
The Wildcats straightened things out during their bye week, and they’ve been hard to beat ever since – reeling off six straight victories.
“In district, our players stepped up and did a good job,” said Littlefield head coach Bryan Huseman. “We turned our season around.”
Littlefield has a good thing going right now, but that doesn’t mean the Wildcats are coming into Saturday’s game against Bowie overconfident.
“I think Bowie is a scary team,” said Huseman. “They have a lot of running backs that run the ball well. They execute their plays well, and the linemen are all physical.”
Huseman also was impressed with the Jackrabbit linebackers – which includes two of the area’s leading tacklers in LB Clement and Dillon Swaim. Clement and Swaim have combined for 278 stops.
Littlefield’s top player is Bryan Acevedo, who was recently Lubbock Avalanche-Journal player of the week and has rushed for more than 1,000 yards this season.
Look for Bowie’s defense to face a Littlefield slot-I offense that has piled up points in recent games – the Wildcats have scored 37 points or more in five of their past six.
Other players to watch on offense are quarterback Nathan Hobbs and Chris Douglas, who fills the role of slotback. Douglas also has eclipsed the 1,000-yard plateau. Read more in the Nov. 16 Bowie News.
Bowie’s Brandon Hutto is one of the many “scary running backs on the team,” so said Littlefield head coach Bryan Huseman. Hutto has rushed for more than 1,300 yards. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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