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Football Roundup

Published

1 year ago

11/02/2022

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up a win at Tom Bean on Thursday night.
The Indians were able to score twice in the fourth quarter to pull away to win 21-8 in a game they felt like they should have been leading much sooner.
Nocona came into the game following two straight losses after winning the first six games of the season.
The Tomcats were looking for their first district win as they had only two wins earlier in the season. They are not eligible for post season play the next two years due to recruiting allegations handed down from the University Interscholastic League.
The Indians took their opening drive down the field and eventually scored when quarterback Brady McCasland found Luke Fuller for a six-yard touchdown. It took nearly nine minutes off the clock to start the game and put the Indians up 7-0.
Tom Bean answered as the team scored early in the second quarter on a short run. The Tomcats elected to go for two and made it to go up 8-7.
The rest of the first half and all of the third quarter saw neither team’s offense find any success scoring the ball.
Nocona was moving the ball well, but penalties and two turnovers put a stop to promising drives.
The Indian defense meanwhile did not let Tom Bean do much on offense after the scoring drive. Nocona only allowed 139 yards of offense in the game and also forced two turnovers as Cade Gaston and McCasland intercepted passes.
Early in the fourth quarter the Indians finally got ahead. Arturo Garcia broke off long touchdown runs from 31 and 61 yards on consecutive drives to seel the win up for Nocona as it won 21-8.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers won at Campbell on Thursday night.
The Panthers won 56-7 early in the third quarter due to mercy rule against the Indians.
Saint Jo was coming into the game following a tough loss to Union Hill to open up district play. Campbell came into the game following a blow out win against Savoy to start off district.
It was all Panthers from the opening kickoff. Devin Stewart returned it for a touchdowns to start the game and put Saint Jo up.
Saint Jo’s defense forced a turnover on downs and the offense would then score when Dylan Brockman ran for a 25-yard touchdown on fourth down to go up 16-0.
The Panthers recovered an onside kick, but unfortunately gave it back to Campbell by fumbling the ball away a few plays later. The Indians took advantage as they scored on a long run to cut the lead to 16-7.
That would be about all of the fight Campbell would show the rest of the game.
Saint Jo got the ball and scored on its next drive as Matthew Butler-Everson found Stewart open for a 35-yard touchdown pass to make it 24-7.
The two teams exchanged stops on defense with the Panthers forcing a turnover on downs and the Indians intercepting a pass before the first quarter ended.
Following two straight stops on defense for Saint Jo, the offense scored on both ensuing drives. Stewart ran in a short touchdown and Trevor O’Neal would score on a 22-yard run.
After a deep kickoff pinned Campbell deep in its territory, the defense then tackled the Indians for a loss in the end zone for a safety.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Panthers Lee Yeley then returned it for a touchdown to put Saint Jo up 50-7 at halftime.
It did not take long for the Panthers to end the game after starting the third quarter.
The defense forced another turnover on downs to give the ball back to the offense. Three plays later Butler-Everson found Stewart for a 14-yard touchdown to end the game.
The final score was 56-7.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns lost a tough game against defending state champ Strawn on the road Friday.
The Greyhounds won 59-14 with the game ending in the third quarter.
The Longhorns were hoping they could upset a Strawn team that was not having its usual dominant season after a heavy graduation year.
Early on, Forestburg looked poised to try and steal the game. The Longhorns scored on their opening possession then got a stop on defense and was hoping to score once more.
Unfortunately, three holding penalties put a stop to that drive and once Strawn started scoring it was tough to stop.
Forestburg went into halftime down 36-7.
The Longhorns were not going to give up though. They started the third quarter like they did to start the game and went down the field to score a touchdown. Forestburg looked poised to score again on its next drive, but penalties again got in the way.
The Greyhounds then kept scoring to eventually win by mercy rule 59-14.
Coach Greg Roller thought there were good moments sprinkled in, though he wished the field conditions which were all muddy due to the rain, made passing the ball tougher than he would have liked for his team.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears were hoping to be sitting in first place in the district if it beat Newcastle on Friday.
Unfortunately, the Bobcats won definitively 45-0 due to mercy rule.
The Bears were coming off a big district win against county rival Forestburg.
Newcastle had won against defending state champs Strawn to start off district. The winner would be in first place.
Unfortunately, it did not prove to be a competitive game. Gold-Burg failed to execute like Coach Brady Hibbitts wanted and could never recover.
The Bears still have a chance to get second place. Gold-Burg hosts Strawn and both teams are tied for second place with a 1-1 record. Whoever wins will get the final playoff spot.
The game is schedule for 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 at home.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Saint Jo Softball Interview

Published

23 hours ago

04/29/2024

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Interview with Saint Jo softball players Jordyn O'Neal (left) and Maxey Johnson following their playoff win against Perrin-Whitt on April 24, 2024.

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Nocona softball wins final game of the season against Alvord

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3 days ago

04/27/2024

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The Nocona Lady Indians played their final game of the regular season with a drubbing of Alvord at home.
The Lady Indians won 11-1 after six innings due to run-rule to end their season on a positive note despite no playoffs.
The game was rescheduled from last week due to weather.
Nocona was coming off a tough loss against Muenster the previous game, but knew it had a chance against Alvord after beating the Lady Bulldogs 6-4 in the first game.
The game started slow, but the Lady Indians got the lead with one run in the first inning. Alvord answered with one run in the third inning before Nocona retook the lead and never let it go.
The Lady Indians scored three runs in the third inning, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and the final two in the sixth inning to end the game on Charity Claxton’s sacrifice bunt that scored the last run.
Nocona won 11-1.

Coach Nolan Lanham thought it was the most complete game the team had played all season.
While he is sad this year’s season is complete, he is excited about what the team accomplished this year and what it can build off of it in the coming years.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Baseball Roundup

Published

3 days ago

04/27/2024

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians won their first game against Chico on Tuesday night to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Indians won 9-4 against the Dragons.
Nocona was coming into the game after a close, low-scoring series against Perrin-Whitt that saw the Indians win one game and lose another.
The Indians took an early lead with Brody Langford driving in a run on a single. Chico answered with two runs in the same inning to take back the lead 2-1.
The teams exchanged runs in the next four innings.
Nocona tied the score at 2-2 in the second inning when RJ Walker hit a sacrifice fly ball deep enough to score one run. The Dragons took the back the lead with an RBI double in the third inning to make it 3-2.
The Indians again tied the score in the fourth inning when Langford hit into a fielder’s choice out with the bases loaded. Once again, Chico retook the lead in the fifth inning, also scoring on a fielder’s choice groundout to go up 4-3.
After a scoreless sixth inning, Nocona was down to its final three outs of the game.
With two runners on base and two outs and looking at a full-count, Caden Belcher came through for the Indians with a base hit. It scored the tying run and the second runner was waived home and had a chance to score the game’s winning run. He was just tagged out for out three, but not before Nocona had tied the score at 4-4.
Chico loaded the bases up with one out in the seventh inning, but Wesley Murphey stepped up and struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam scot free and force the game into extra-innings.
Nocona was still reeling from the momentum of the last inning and it came through in the eighth inning.
With two runners on base and two outs, the Indians started a two-out rally with Wesley Murphey hitting a triple that brought both runners home to score.
Langford followed with a single that drove in one run. Following another single, Konnor Harrington hit a single that drove in another run. Following a walk that loaded the bases, a passed ball allowed Nocona to score another run.
The Indians more than doubled their seven inning total, scoring five runs and leading 9-4.
Wesley Murphey and the defense then closed the door, striking out the first batter before inducing groundouts to shortstop and second base for outs two and three to end the game.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers played their final regular season series in a double-header on Tuesday against Lindsay.
The bigger Knights won both games by run-rule, 12-2 after six innings and 15-2 after five innings.
Saint Jo had last played a week ago in a double-header against Muenster’s JV and varsity teams. The Panthers competed well with the JV team, but struggled more against the varsity team.
Lindsay had no JV team so Saint Jo had to play the 2A school twice and hoped it could compete.
The Knights got off to a fast start in game one, scoring seven runs in the first inning and never looking back.
The Panther defense played better from then on, never allowing Lindsay to score more than two runs in an inning and even holding the Knights scoreless in two innings.
Saint Jo was able to score in the fifth inning when the team loaded the bases and drew two walks to score two runs.
That was enough to keep the game from ending after five innings, but Lindsay scored two runs in the sixth inning to end the game early with the score 12-2.
The second game saw Lindsay score at least one run in every inning, highlighted by seven in the second inning.
Saint Jo scored two runs in the fourth inning. Charlie Evans hit an RBI double. Later he scored on the base paths after Lindsay failed to prevent a stolen base elsewhere.
The game ended after five innings with the Knights winning 15-2.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles lost its final regular season game against Alvord on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings due to run-rule.
Bellevue knew it was going to be tough competing against a bigger school, but was hoping to compete.
Unfortunately, the Bulldogs came through and scored 14 runs in the first inning to suck any momentum from the Eagles before they had even had a chance to bat.
Bellevue prevented Alvord from scoring in the second inning, but not the third or fourth innings.
The Eagle bats did not have much luck scoring any runs as the Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings.
Bryce Ramsey and Blake Reese got the only two hits for Bellevue in the game. Alvord racked up 15 hits, drew nine walks and were hit by five pitches which led to all of the runs.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.