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COLLEGES: Kizer becomes NCTC’s first IHSA champion
Bethany Kizer earned first in beginner Western horsemanship at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Competition at Alltech Arena inside the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.
Kizer was the only North Central Texas College student to show at the national event.
She faced an extensive qualification process.
Kizer first had to earn enough points to be invited to the regional competition, at West Texas A&M University. She won that event as well.
She also placed fourth in the semifinals, which took place at Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro, Tenn., which was good enough to advance to the finals.
Kizer had to defeat 11 other entrants for first place.
NCTC baseball showcase set for June 6
North Central Texas College is one of four junior colleges set to have a showcase camp on June 6 at Darwin Field in Gainesville.
The Lions have averaged 39 wins the past four years, and won the 2001 National Junior College Athletic Association title in 2001.
Grayson College, Navarro College and Hill College also will appear.
The camp costs $100 if paid in advance. The cost is $120 on the day of the camp, and only cash or money orders will be accepted that day.
This will help local baseball players get name recognition for the upcoming recruiting process, and perhaps find a place to play college ball.
There will be individual evaluations including the 60-yard run, arm strength, fielding ability and hitting mechanics. There also will be a scrimmage to evaluate game conditions.
Note, if you want to pitch and play a position, a player will be evaluated for both. Due to the amount of players, you may only get to play in one spot during the scrimmage.
The rain date for the camp is June 7. Refunds will be available until June 3.
For information, call Donnie Randall at 1-940-668-4285 or email: [email protected]. Read more in the May 21 Bowie News.
North Central Texas College student Bethany Kizer earned first in beginner Western horsemanship at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association national competition in Lexington, Ky., earlier this month. (Courtesy photo)
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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