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GORMAN – After a 2-2 start, much of it vs. state-ranked teams, Bryson has turned the corner in recent weeks and won its second straight game Oct. 6 with a 60-26 win over the hosts.

Bryson is now 4-2 for the season and was able to avenge a tough loss to Gorman from a year ago. The Cowboys put up 440 yards of offense in the contest.

Bryson led 16-6 after one with each team scoring a touchdown and conversion in the second for a 24-14 Cowboy lead at the half. Bryson scored 20 third quarter and 16 fourth quarter points while holding Gorman to a single score in each frame.

Freshmen have been mocked as the low man on the high school totem pole for centuries. Tuesday night, a pair of Jacksboro freshman volleyball players gave reason to rethink that philosophy.

WOODSON – Bryson finished the first half of its schedule Sept. 29 with a convincing 59-7 win here to go to 3-2 for the campaign.

The Cowboys outscored the hosts 37-7 in the first and added three scores with conversions in the second quarter to end the game at halftime on the 45-point mercy rule. Bryson had just 302 total yards.

Quarterback Braden Houser was 9-13 for 216 yards and five touchdowns. Paul Davidson was 1-1 for 3 yards in the air as well.

IOWA PARK – Jacksboro Middle School’s 8th-grade football team gave up a 22-point first quarter Sept. 21 which ultimately sent the squad to a 36-12 defeat.

The Tigers are 0-2. Coach Brian Davenport said the slow start hurt.

We got off to a very slow start. We allowed 22 points in the first quarter before we really started playing,” Davenport said. “We played pretty even after that. We played better on offense as the game progressed. Domanik Hammond ran the ball effectively. “

Locked in a battle for nearly two hours here Saturday afternoon, Jacksboro and Bowie’s varsity volleyballers left everything they had on the floor for their supporters.

Bowie had a 10-9 lead in the fifth set before Jacksboro broke serve and used pairs of points from Jordan Pruitt and Alex Holman, both freshmen, to finish the job in a thrilling 25-20, 17-25, 25-17, 16-25, 15-11 match at Tiger Gym.

Jacksboro is 3-4 and Bowie 2-5 to close out the first round of District 8-3A play. The rematch will be in the regular season finale Oct. 24.

Jacksboro continues to play solid football in non-district play heading into tonight’s road game at Boyd.

The Tigers (4-0) were able to outmuscle a physically larger Bowie team last Friday in a 38-21 Homecoming Night win, the first win over the Jackrabbits since 1994.

“We’re starting to come together as a team,” Jacksboro Coach Brannon Rodgers noted during a conversation during the week. “Our offensive line and tight ends are doing a great job.”

Knotted in a tight battle midway through the second quarter Friday night, Jacksboro pulled away with 17 unanswered points in a closer than it looked 38-21 victory over visiting Bowie on Homecoming Night at Tiger Stadium.

Jacksboro remains perfect at 4-0 for the season while Bowie falls to 1-4. Jacksboro Coach Brannon Rodgers said keeping Bowie in checks defensively was huge.

Jacksboro Middle School’s football teams opened their season vs. Paradise recently.

The 7th grade worked in a scrimmage format.Ramiro Bustos and Julian Chacon both had long touchdown runs for the Tigers. JMS coaches appeared pleased with the progress the squad is making.

PERRIN – After not winning a district match for a number of years, volleyball here appears on the upswing.

The Lady Pirates won a game vs. Alvord last week and gave visiting Bryson a good match Saturday before succumbing 21-25, 17-25, 11-25. Bryson goes to 4-1 in district play with Perrin still winless at 0-5.

Perrin got out to an 8-3 lead in game one thanks to a pair from Alexa Sindelar and three from Shalin Royal. Senior Jetton Cansler’s single point had the Lady Pirates up 10-5.

Visiting Nocona used a frontcourt attack that Jacksboro’s volleyballers couldn’t solve and wound up posting a 25-14, 25-18, 13-25, 25-20 win over the Tigerettes Friday afternoon.

Both squads are 2-3 in District 8-3A with one week to go in the first round of loop play.

Alex Holman staked the Purple to a 2-0 lead in game one but Nocona used a five-point string from Trystin Fenoglio to go up 6-2. Leah Plaster’s pair cut the deficit to one but it would be as close as the Tigerettes would get the rest of the game.