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Nocona boys lose heartbreaker 52-49; Mustangs end season for the Indians

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Needing to win one more game to get into the playoffs, the Nocona Indians fell just short on Friday in a play-in game against City View.
Despite beating them at home the previous week, the Indians lost a tight game to the Mustangs 52-49.
City View came out and made two quick three-pointers to go up 6-0. Nocona responded by shutting them down for the four minutes while they slowly took a narrow 7-6 lead.
The Indians starting post player Rowdy Waters picked up two quick fouls early on and was forced to sit as both teams combined for nine fouls in the first quarter alone.
The teams traded baskets for the final three minutes as the first quarter was tied at 11-11. Without Waters, Nocona was forced to play small as Jason Sparkman exploited the Mustangs lack of muscle inside by scoring six points from the high post area.
The second quarter saw the Indians really start to separate themselves with good defense and good offensive execution. Despite starting point guard Hunter Fenoglio also going into foul trouble, Nocona was able to go up 22-13 midway through the quarter.
It was there when things flipped on their head as the Mustangs charged back, jumping passing lanes and scoring in transition while the Indians looked out of sync. City View was not only able to catch up, but take a narrow 23-22 lead into halftime.
In the final minute of the second quarter, disaster struck the Indians when back point guard Landry McCasland went down with a leg injury which was serious enough there was no question he would not return for the night. Nocona would have to go forward in the second half with one point guard who was one foul away from fouling out.
The third quarter started off slow offensively for both teams as neither team could get more than a one basket lead on the other. The final two and half minutes of the quarter saw both teams trade multiple three-pointers back-to-back to end the quarter in a flurry. The Mustangs held only a 36-34 lead as it was still anyone’s game heading into the fourth quarter.
The first half of the quarter did not go the way of the Indians. City View established its biggest lead of the game up 45-36 with 4:15 left to play. Things started to look hopeless as Fenoglio, who had played the entire second half up till then without picking up his fifth foul, fouled out with 3:55 to go.
With senior shooting guards Alex Diaz and Joan Gomez having to run the offense despite not having much experience, Nocona dug its heels in and fought for survival down 47-40.
Water nailed a three-pointer to cut the lead to 47-43. After a stop, Sparkman was able to put in an offensive rebound while getting fouled to cut the lead to 47-45. Sparkman missed the free throw, but Gomez got the offensive rebound and was able to score off of it to tie the game up 47-47 with two minutes to play.
City View was able draw free throws and made both to go up 49-47. Sparkman made another mid-range jump shot from the top of the key to make it 49-49. The Mustangs were in the bonus and drew more free throws. They made one of two to go up 50-49 with 1:11 left to play.
The Indians ran their offense and looked like they might hold it for the final shot, but were fouled and forced to shoot free throws for a one-and-one. They missed it and City View got the ball back. Nocona was forced to foul to send them to the free throw line, but Diaz, one of the team’s best shooters, had fouled out.
The Mustangs were able to make both clutch free throws to go up by three with 20 seconds left. The Indians tried to set up a look, but Coach Colby Schniederjan did not like where it was headed and called a timeout with a few seconds left to set up a final shot.
The play worked and Nocona player got a good look at a three-pointer from the corner that would have tied the game. Unfortunately, the ball did not go in. City View won 52-49.

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Baseball Roundup

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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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