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Lady Indians tested at home during opening dual Tuesday night

Published

6 years ago

08/11/2018

After two scrimmages and three days of practice, the Nocona Lady Indians opened up the season Tuesday night with a dual at home against Iowa Park and Gunter in back-to-back games.
Four hours of intense volleyball later, the Lady Indians came away with a 2-0 record to start the season with good tests in both games.
The first match was against Iowa Park. After falling behind 14-11 in the first set, Nocona was able to grab momentum and end up winning the set 25-20.
The second set was a tight back and forth affair, with the score tied 20-20. Unfortunately, Iowa Park was able to grab control and win the second set 25-21 to tie up the game.
The Lady Indians were able to build a big 14-6 lead midway through the third set and was able to close things out, winning by a huge 25-11 margin. After playing close early in the fourth set, Nocona was able to grab a narrow 14-11 lead midway through. They were able to keep that lead for the rest of the set as they closed out the match, winning 25-22 and 3-1 overall.
Coach Tiffany Clay liked her team’s mindset against Iowa Park.
“I thought in the Iowa Park game we remained aggressive on the net and at the service line,” Clay said.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 13 kills and two blocks while Trystin Fenoglio led the team with 15 assists. Ella Nunnely also had two blocks and was second with 11 kills.
The Lady Indians did not have much time to bask in their first win of the season as they next played Gunter.
The first set was close for most of it, with neither team building more than a two point lead. With Nocona leading 18-17, they were able to close the door on Gunter and finish the set on a 7-2 run to win 25-19.
Midway through the second set, The Lady Indians found themselves down 12-8. They clawed their way back and took a 21-19 lead and eventually were one point away 24-22 from taking a two set lead. Gunter came back and the teams were tied at 25-25.
Both teams had several chances to win the set as they went back and forth. Nocona was able to pull off the 31-29 win to put them up 2-0 and only needing to win one more.
After contentious extra point sets, the following set usually has a tough time being as competitive. Either the team who won loses some intensity because of the relief they got out of winning the previous set or the team that lost gives up a bit of hope of winning the match overall and completely loses all fire.
Neither of those things happened Tuesday in Nocona. The Lady Indians looked like they might be able to run away with the set as they built a solid 15-10 lead, but Gunter was not going to go away quietly. They were able to come back and tie the score 16-16, with the rest of the set playing out competitively.
With the score tied 22-22, the set could go either way. Unfortunately for Nocona, Gunter was able to get just enough momentum to win the third set 25-23 and extend the match.
The fourth set was similar to the previous set. Each team had three point leads at times, but the score would always come back to competitive balance.
The score was tied again at 16-16 and 22-22, with the set up to going either teams way.
The Lady Indians found themselves one point away from winning the set and match, up 25-24. Unfortunately, Gunter was able to win the next three points to win the set 27-25 and force a fifth and final set.
Fatigue had started to set in by then. Players such as Kleinhans, Rachel Patrick and Laramie Hayes had hardly gotten a break in the eight sets played that night and uncharacteristic mistakes started to show up more than they had before in the fourth set.
With the fifth set making it a winner-take-all, Nocona would have to fight through it to get the win.
They got a break from new player Ella Nunnely, whose jump serve proved difficult for the Gunter players to deal with.
The Lady Indians scored seven straight points with the help of Nunnely’s serving to give them a big lead and get them almost halfway to the 15 points they needed to win.
Even after Gunter finally broke the serve, Nocona still had the momentum and a big 10-2 lead, with every thinking it would only be a matter of time before they would win.
Gunter fought back and outscored the Lady Indians the rest of the way, but Nocona was able to hold on to win 15-9 and the match 3-2.

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SPORTS

Jackrabbits blow out City View

Published

24 hours ago

04/24/2024

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

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24 hours ago

04/24/2024

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

Published

1 day ago

04/24/2024

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.