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Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg
The Saint Jo Panthers beat Gold-Burg on the road Friday night.
The Panthers won 69-46 in a game where the Bears hung with them for three quarters.
Saint Jo was trying to keep its third place in the district standings secure with a win against a Gold-Burg team that was just getting all the way healthy after a tough January.
The Panthers were set to try and break through the Bears’ tight 2-3 zone that dared them to shoot, but knew they had to find ways to the rim. One way was forcing turnovers on defense as Saint Jo mostly settled on playing a full court press to try and overwhelm Gold-Burg’s ball handlers.
The Bears held up well most of the time, but turnovers happened that led to transition opportunities for Saint Jo.
The Bears were making shots in the half court setting to keep within shouting distance as the Panthers led 35-25 at halftime and 45-36 heading into the fourth.
Saint Jo’s defense turned it up a notch to close the game as the team scored 24 points in the final period. Gold-Burg could not keep up as the Panthers won 69-46.
Kile Thurman led all scorers with 29 points for Saint Jo. Hen and Brice Durham also handed out six assists each to lead the team while Logan Brawner grabbed 11 rebounds.
For Gold-Burg, Kani Grace led the team with 10 points while Kolton Whitaker was right behind him scoring nine points. The team made seven 3-pointers and Coach Jessie Vaughn thought it was the best game his team has played all season from his view.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost a tough game against undefeated district team City View on the road Friday night.
The Mustangs won 93-49 in a game where the Indians definitely wanted to play better.
City View has made a habit of blowing everyone out during district play, but Nocona definitely wanted to compete better than it did.
The Mustangs scored 20 or more points in each quarter of the game which is something the Indians would be hard pressed to match even in their best offensive games of the season.
Brady McCasland and Ty Presley led the team with 10 points each.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns lost a tough game at Slidell on Friday.
The Greyhounds won 88-21 against the young Longhorns team.
The first quarter was ugly, but Forestburg rebounded to play better defense each of the next three quarters.
Unfortunately, the Longhorns were never able to get comfortable on offense as points were rare until the team scored nine in the final quarter.
Kyler Willett led the team with seven points while Jesus Sanchez was right behind him with six points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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