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Montague football wins first game; volleyball wins last two games
The Montague junior high football team opened their season on Thursday against Victory Christian in Decatur.
The Eagles were impressive in their first outing, winning by a score of 40-20.
Montague won the toss and chose to kick to start the game. The Patriots put together a nice drive featuring the run and pass and capped it off with a touchdown.
However, the Eagles’ Conley Kleinhans would return the ensuing kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown to even the score, 7-7.
After some back and forth, Victory led at halftime by a score of 20-19.
The Eagles received the ball to start the second half and struck quickly with a 62-yard touchdown run by Kleinhans.
The Eagles never gave back momentum shutting out the Patriots in the second half by a score of 21-0.
Offensively, the Eagles ability to control the clock with the run game, protect the ball (no turnovers for the game), and effectively mix in the pass were key in the win.
The Eagles also had big rushes for 42, 30, 62, 40, and 75 yard touchdowns.
After a shaky start defensively for the Eagles, they were able to flip the switch in the second half, allowing very little yardage and no scores from the Patriot offense.
The Eagles were also able to force four Patriot turnovers.
Notable stats in the win for the Eagles include: Kleinhans with four touchdowns, 250 yards rushing, a 65-yard kick return for a touchdown, one rushing and three passing extra point conversions and had two interceptions.
Jack Contreras had one touchdown, 105 yards rushing, three extra point receptions and two fumble recoveries defensively. Caleb Carlton added 50 yards rushing.
The Eagles will face the Saint Jo Panthers next at 5 p.m. on Sept. 19 at Saint Jo.
The Montague Lady Eagles traveled to Prairie Valley on Sept. 10 for volleyball. Montague won in two sets 25-20, 25-12.
Outstanding performers were Skyler Smith three aces, five kills, five assists; Kaygan Stone five kills and five assists; Emilee Reed three aces, four kills; Railey Martin six aces.
The Lady Eagles hosted Saint Jo on Monday night.
Montague took down the Lady Panthers in two sets, 25-8, 25-10 behind the strong serving of Kaygan Stone.
They didn’t have an answer for her 16 aces for the match. Stone also had four kills with a .67 hitting percentage.
Skyler Smith led in assists with five and also had four kills with a .57 hitting percent. Emilee Reed added four aces while Charli Snow had three aces and four kills.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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