SPORTS
Lady Indians lose first game in district
The Nocona Lady Indians opened district play at home on Tuesday against Holliday.
The final score was ugly as the Lady Eagles won 20-0 in five innings. The only bright side is that 15 of those runs came in two innings, while the Lady Indians were able to limit Holliday’s offense to manageable in the other three.
In the top of the first with two outs, Nocona had a costly fielding error that allowed one run to score to give the Lady Eagles the lead. The Lady Indians swung early and often in the count on offense. While they made contact, three groundouts on only five pitches thrown, moved the game into the second inning.
Holliday’s offense went off the first time in the second inning. Six hits, three errors and one walk allowed the Lady Eagles to scored eight runs to go up 9-0. With the score going up, confidence from Nocona went down, which just snowballed things all inning.
On offense, a hit batter and Laramie Hayes hitting a double to right field put two runners in scoring position with two outs. Unfortunately, the next batter struck out to end what would be the Lady Indians best chance to score.
Holliday added a solo-home run in the top of the third inning to make it 10-0, but Nocona was able to limit the Lady Eagles to just that. The Lady Indians had no luck getting any base runners as the game moved to the fourth inning.
Holliday led off with another solo-home run and then added two more runs thanks to two walks, a double and an error. The Lady Eagles now led 13-0 while Nocona had no answer offensively.
The fifth inning saw Holliday hit a grand slam and three RBI double to make the score 20-0. The Lady Indians offense failed to respond with any base runners or hits as the game ended due to run rule.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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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