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Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a happy homecoming game with a dominant win against Chico on Friday.
The Indians won 49-13, dominating the game from the first quarter on against the Dragons.
Nocona came into the game undefeated, but was a bit rusty after only playing one drive the previous week against Electra. The home opener was later canceled due to lightning.
The Indians scored three touchdowns in the first quarter, getting the party started with Caden Gaston taking the first of his two interceptions back for a touchdown.
The first offensive drive saw Nocona draw up a flea flicker that allowed Brady McCasland to find Charlie Fuller for a 41-yard touchdown pass. The second drive McCasland would find Carson Peters open for a 30-yard touchdown pass as well.
Nocona was up 21-0 after the first quarter.
The next drive saw Johnny Stone run 38-yards up the middle for a touchdown run to make it 28-7 at halftime.
The Indians big-play offense continued in the second half as Stone scored again from 38 yards away. McCasland then kept the ball and scored on a short run on the next drive.
The final touchdown in the fourth quarter was from Brody Langford as he got loose for a 44-yard touchdown run.
Nocona easily won 49-13.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears did not see the second half for the fourth straight game as they dominated Fannindel.
The Bears won 54-0 at home against the Falcons, with it also being senior night for Gold-Burg.
The Bears were hoping Fannindel would give them their biggest challenge of the season since they had won the first three games of the season by halftime.
Turns out it was another one-sided game where Gold-Burg started rotating in second team players early in the second quarter and trying to work on stuff it was not good at.
The defense scored three times as Isaac Renteria returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown while also recovering a fumble. Eli Freeland recovered the other fumble and returned it for a touchdown while Jayon Grace took another interception back for a score. Ethan Rotruck also recovered a fumble as the defense forced six turnovers.
Levi Hellinger completed three passed with two going for touchdowns. Aidan Foster caught two touchdowns while also running for one on the ground. Jayton Epperson completed one pass for 35 yards and one touchdown. Paul Jones caught two passes for 10 yards and scored one touchdown.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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