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Nocona teams go 10-0

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The Nocona basketball teams had a banner weekend, with both boys and girls teams going undefeated at their respective tournaments to win the overall tournament championship.
The Indians went 4-0 to win the tournament in Jacksboro while the Lady Indians went 6-0 to win the tournament at Valley View.
The Nocona boys came into the tournament having lost closely its first two games of the season against Archer City and Lipan. They came in needing to see some good things happen for them before folks started to panic.
The Indians easily won their opening game of the tournament against Midway 49-26.
Nocona’s next game was against tournament host Jacksboro. The game was closer, but the Indians still ended up winning easily 58-42.
Nocona got a measure of revenge in their next game as they got a rematch against Archer City, who beat them to open the season.
Showing how far the Indians have come in such a short time, Nocona was able to win by double digits 51-40.
The win got the Indians into the tournament championship game against Godley on Saturday. It was a close game that went into overtime, but Nocona was able to come out on top 47-43 to earn overall tournament champion.
The Nocona girls were able to stay undefeated despite playing six games in three days at the tournament in Valley View.
The Lady Indians played its first game against Blue Ridge. They were able to expand their lead to double digits in the second quarter and never looked back as they won 48-31.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 28 points while Laramie Hayes was second with six.
Nocona next played Boyd. The Lady Yellowjackets hung in with the Lady Indians for a half to keep the game within single digits, but Nocona pulled away in the second half as they won easily 59-32.
The Lady Indians first game of the second day was against Bonham, who did not stand a chance as Nocona won 47-28.
Tournament host Valley View was up next and gave the Lady Indians their best test so far as Nocona won a close and relatively low scoring game 37-30.
The Lady Indians had a rematch against Boyd and the game was much different to the first game. Down 41-32 heading into the fourth quarter, Nocona was able to lock in and pull out the 44-43 win thanks to their defense.
The win put them in the championship game. In another rematch, the Lady Indians faced off against the Lady Eagles from Valley View.
The game was much more high scoring than the first matchup and much closer. The game went into overtime, but Nocona was able to pull out the win 56-52 to win the overall tournament.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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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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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

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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.

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