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Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg boys
The Prairie Valley boys upset Gold-Burg’s senior night on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won 56-22 to keep their playoff hopes alive.
It was a slow start to the game as Prairie Valley only led 5-2 after the first quarter. The Bulldogs started to get things going from 3-point range after that and the Bears could not keep up.
Nicholas Bell led Prairie Valley with 15 points, six rebounds and five steals. Zak Smith joined him in double-figures scoring 10 points. As a team the Bulldogs made 12 3-pointers while doing a good job of limiting the young Gold-Burg team’s chances.
Prairie Valley has one more district game left at district champion Slidell at 5 p.m. on Feb. 18. For a chance to earn the final playoff spot, the Bulldogs have to hope for Midway to lose either of its final two games against Forestburg and Saint Jo.
The Bears were led in scoring by their lone senior Jacob Reno, who scored 12 points. Gold-Burg’s last game of the season will be at Bellevue at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 18.
Bellevue vs Forestburg girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won at Forestburg on Tuesday to end the regular season.
The Lady Eagles beat the Lady Horns 70-15 thanks to their press defense and aggression.
Austin Ford led Bellevue with 23 points while Kaylee Trail scored 21 points and Sky-Lar Embry scored 13. The win wrapped up a second place finish in the district after going 10-2.
Bellevue will face Perrin-Whitt in the bi-district round of the playoffs. When and where is still being figured out at press time, but keep glued to the Bowie News social media pages for when we find out.
The Lady Horns end a tough year with some positive momentum. Forestburg picked up a win against Saint Jo during district play. With a lot of the team planned to come back, things should only improve for a team that struggled through most of the year, but continued to fight and get better every week.
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs ended their season on a good note at Gold-Burg on Tuesday despite missing the playoffs.
The Lady Bulldogs won 59-31 in a game that was bitter sweet.
Haile Winkler led Prairie Valley with 18 points and Emily Carpenter had a double-double scoring 14 points and 11 rebounds.
The team went 6-6 in district to finish fourth, the best finish in the county among 1A teams. The team should be set up for success next year as well losing only one player, but Shelby Roof will be missed.
For the Lady Bears, Sadie Whitaker led the team with nine points. Sister Shadie was right behind her with eight points and Taylor Lyons scored seven points.
Gold-Burg was a young team, but still were able to win two games in district play while improving every week with new Coach Carlynn Murguia. The good news is that the Lady Bears will lose no players to graduation. If the team can take what they learned the first tough season together moving forward, things should only get better.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo basketball teams hosted district champions and state-ranked Slidell teams on senior night.
Neither game went to plan against the Greyhound and Lady Greyhounds. The Panthers lost 74-44 and the Lady Panthers lost 61-11.
The Saint Jo boy’s were led by Brock Durham with 15 points and Logan Morman with 13 points. Coach Lyndon Cook was proud how his team fought, but the team could not make enough open shots or capitalize on the few mistakes Slidell made in order to get the upset win.
The Panthers need to win their final two games to guarantee a playoff spot and possibly hold onto the second seed in district. Saint Jo’s last game is at Midway at 6 p.m. on Feb. 18.
The Lady Panthers team was young this year after the senior led team the previous year fought their way to the playoffs. Injuries late in the season hurt the overall final record, but with many young players expected to come back, Saint Jo could easily bounce back next year ready to compete for that coveted playoff spot.
Forestburg boys
The Forestburg Longhorns lost to a tough Bellevue team on Tuesday on senior night.
The Longhorns lost 79-35 in a game Coach Eldon Van Hooser said his team did not rebound well in.
Forestburg’s final game of the season was on Friday at Midway. Look in next week’s paper to see how they did.
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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