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LOCAL: Senior trip of a lifetime
By ERIC VICCARO
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Recent Bowie High School graduate Kollin Gillaspia opted for a sports-themed senior trip.
Gillaspia, along with his father, Trent, and grandfather, Paul, traveled to Boston for the first two of three games between the Texas Rangers and the Red Sox.
“It was awesome,” Kollin Gillaspia said. “It was my first time in a plane, and I was pretty excited about that.”
Gillaspia said the atmosphere at Fenway Park was “amazing.”
“We were on the deck in left field (where it meets with foul territory),” said Gillaspia, who will attend North Central Texas College this fall. “I saw Robinson Chirinos hit a bomb of a home run. They were both great games to watch.”
The Gillaspia family decided to be a part of what’s called a “Rangers Destinations” travel package – which is pricy. But, as a graduation present, it was worth it.
Every single team in major league baseball offers some form of travel program, where fans see their favorite squad on the road.
So, what’s included with the package?
Fans receive tickets to two Rangers game, first-class hotel accommodations for two nights, a VIP ballpark tour – in this case, venerable Fenway Park, and more. Read more in the July 13 edition.
Kollin Gillaspia (above) takes a photo during a tour of Fenway Park in Boston on July 5 as part of a Texas Rangers program called Destinations, which is essentially a deluxe travel package to a road series. (Courtesy photo from the Gillaspia family)
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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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