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Indians wrap up season with 6-0 loss to Holliday

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The last regular season game did not go Nocona baseball’s way as they lost at Holliday on Friday.
The Indians struggled to score runs as they lost 6-0 in their final game of the season.
Nocona started the game off promising in the top of the first. Jeremy James led off with a single down the third base line. Next batter Ogeda was able to draw a walk to put two runners on base and no outs.
James was caught trying to steal third, but Ogeda reached second. Next batter Charles Evans was able to reach first due to an error by the third basemen, also allowing Ogeda to advance to third. With runners at the corners with one out, the Indians looked primed to take the lead. Unfortunately, the next batter grounded into a double play to end the scoring chance.
James got the start on the mound and despite giving up a walk with two outs, he was able to force a groundout to the shortstop to end the first inning.
Nocona could not get a base runner on in the top of the second. The Eagles led off the bottom of the inning with a single.
A sacrifice bunt moved the runner to second and a wild pitch allowed him to advance to third. After forcing a pop out to second, the next batter was drew a walk to put runners at the corners.
With two outs, the next batter was able drive the runner on third with a single. A wild pitch allowed the runner to score from second to put Holliday up 2-0 before James forced the next batter to line out to right field.
With the top of the lineup coming around, James was able to hit a double to right field with two outs.
Ogeda followed with a single to put runners at the corners. They were able to load up the bases when Evans was hit by a pitch. Unfortunately, the next batter grounded into a fielder’s choice to third base to end the scoring chance.
A leadoff single from the Ealges was erased when catcher Braydon Ohagan was able pick him off at second. James was able to get the next two outs easily enough to keep the deficit at only 2-0 heading into the fourth inning.
Logan Barnes led off the inning with a double to give the Indians a promising start.
A ground out allowed him to advance to third. The next batter tried to execute a squeeze bunt, but it was fielded by the pitcher who got the ball home in time to get the runner out. The next batter grounded out to shortstop to end the inning.
A Holliday batter drew a walk with one out. Trying to prevent the runner from stealing second, a bad throw allowed the runner to reach second. The next batter’s sacrifice bunt allowed the base runner to advance to third. Fortunately, James was able to force the next batter to ground out to the pitcher for the third out, as the Indians went into the fifth inning still trailing 2-0.
After a leadoff groundout, James hit a double into left filed. Unfortunately, James tried to stretch it to third and got called out. Ogeda was able to reach first due to an error by the third basemen. Ogeda later tried to steal second and got caught by the catcher for the third out.
The Eagles were able load the bases up with two hits and a drawn walk with one out. After striking out a batter for the second out, it looked like Nocona might get out of the inning without suffering. Unfortunately, the next batter hit a hard ground ball to left field. It was mishandled by the outfielder for an error that it allowed the batter to get all the way around the bases to put Holliday up 6-0. The next batter struck out to end the fifth inning.
Ohagan drew a walk with one out, but it did not lead to anything for the Indians. With two outs, the Eagles hit a double and single back-to-back with two outs. Fortunately, James was able to strike out the next batter to end the scoring chance.
Nocona could not get anything going in the top of the seventh as they struck out twice and flew out to left field to end the game. Holliday won 6-0.

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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers got out of their early season funk as they beat fellow 1A Bellevue twice last week on two different days.
The Panthers won the first high-scoring game 15-9 before shut out the Eagles 10-0 in the second game.
Saint Jo had a rough beginning to its season, with mostly ugly losses and only one win.
Bellevue came in with no wins, but it was not unexpected due to it being the Eagles first year as a program since the late 1990s.
Bellevue led the first game for most of it scoring five runs in the first inning and just holding off the Panthers 5-4 heading into the sixth inning.
Saint Jo then caught fire, scoring six runs in the sixth inning to take its first lead since the first inning. The Eagles kept it close and scored four runs to make it a one run game 10-9 heading into the final inning.
The game had to be postponed due to Bellevue’s new field not having any lights to play past a certain time.
When the game was picked up three days later, the Panthers added five more run to their lead. The Eagles could not answer and Saint Jo won the game 15-9.
Devein Stewart and Logan Hoover led the Panthers four RBIs each while Charlie Evans and R Forrester drove in two runs each.
Trent Gaston pitched 4.1 innings and allowed two runs and struck out seven batters to lead the team.
Saint Jo’s defense committed four errors.
For Bellevue, Brayden Moore led the team with three RBIs while Bryce Ramsey and Ryan Jones each drove in two runs.
Ramsey pitched five innings and allowed four runs while striking out nine batters to lead the team.
The second game picked up right after the end of the first game. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the second game went similarly to the end of first game.
Saint Jo scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second inning and three in the third inning.
The Panther defense shut out Bellevue and the game ended with Saint Jo winning 10-0 after four and half innings due to run rule.
Sam Martin led the Panthers with four RBIs while Evans drove in two runs. Stewart pitched three innings and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out six batters. Hoover pitched two innings and struck out four batters while allowing no hits and walking two batters. The team committed no fielding errors.
For Bellevue, River Trail got the only hit in the game for the team. The team drew three walks, but could not get on base.
Blake Reese led the team with two innings pitched and three earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out two batters. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their second game against Muenster on Friday on the road.
The Indians lost 10-0 after five innings due to run-rule as the Hornets picked up all of their runs in one horrible inning for Nocona.
The score was tied at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. The Indian defense had navigated one out singles the first two innings without letting it morph into anything threatening.
Unfortunately, the third inning saw Muenster get going from the first batter.
Five singles, two doubles, two walks and a hit batter later saw the Hornets score 10 runs.
Nocona’s bats had been able to get someone on base in most innings despite Walker Murphey getting the team’s only base hit, but could not get a run to score.
The Indian defense did bounce back to not allow any runs in the fourth or fifth inning, but with no runs coming through for Nocona, the game ended after five innings.
Muenster won 10-0.

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at home on Friday night against Muenster.
The Lady Hornets won 9-0, with most of the damage coming in the fourth inning against the Lady Indians.
Nocona gave up two runs in the first inning, but kept the game within reach after shutting out Muenster in the second and third innings.
Then came the fourth inning. Five fielding errors and two singles contributed to the Lady Hornets scoring six runs to go up 8-0.
The Lady Indians struggled to get their bats going all game though they did get some base runners that could have been worked home with some timely plays in other games.
Muenster added one more run in the sixth inning to make the final score 9-0.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a shootout at Era on Friday night.
The Lady Hornets won 25-15 in a game that ended early after six innings due to run-rule.
Saint Jo was trailing the early part of the game down 9-1 after three innings.
The Lady Panthers then had a huge offensive inning, scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to go up 10-9.
Era bounced back in the same inning and scored three runs to retake the lead 12-10, but Saint Jo then scored four runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth inning as it lead 15-12.
The Lady Hornets then embarked on an inning from hell for the Lady Panthers, more than doubling their score and not ending until Era was up by 10 runs to end the game early.
The Lady Hornets had scored 13 runs to win 25-15.

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Nocona’s Stone signs to play football

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Nocona senior Johnny Stone, son of Chelsi and Haydan, signed his letter of intent to play football at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie on Monday. Stone played running back and linebacker for Nocona on varsity for three years, helping the Indians go from two wins his first season to winning 16 games the last two seasons that resulted in playoff berths and a district title this past season. Stone has also spent time playing baseball, golf, basketball and track during his four years at Nocona. “They have a great program there,” Stone said. “Their business and financing program, it is five years for a masters so I thought that was a really good choice. They have a nice indoor gym. They really focus on the relgious part of school.” Stone plans to focus on business and financing major with maybe a minior in religious beliefs.

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