SPORTS
Athletes compete at state track meet
Athletes from the Montague County area competed at the state track meet on Friday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
While there was the threat of rain all day, it mostly held off, but the conditions were mildly windy and chilly for May in the morning to comfortable in the afternoon.
Bowie’s Daniel Mosley competed in the 3A boy’s shot put in the morning. His longest throw of the day went 49-8 and he finished eighth overall. A couple of his later throws looked like they had potential to be farther, but Mosley scratched on these attempts.
Bowie’s Logan Lawhorn started the 3A boy’s high jump. Either the conditions or the big stage led everyone in the field to undercrofts. Lawhorn finished tied for seventh place as he jumped 6-2.
At noon, Bellevue’s FreeDom Morris competed in the 1A girl’s high jump. The conditions were better as the eventual winner from Westbrook would go on to set the 1A state record.
No girls missed any jumps until the 4-10 height. On her third attempt and refusing to be the first girl out, Morris made the height on her final attempt. It equaled the height she jumped at the regional meet to qualify for the state meet.
Along with two other competitors, Morris failed to make the next height. Because she had missed more on the previous attempts, she finished behind the two girls in ninth place.
In the early afternoon, Forestburg’s Zach Bradley competed in the 1A boy’s shot put. Even with his second time competing at state, Bradley was still nervous.
He improved both his distance and placing from last year, finishing sixth with a long throw of 46-6. With four of the five competitors who finished in front of him graduating, Bradley is looking forward to next year.
The last athlete to compete that day was Nocona’s Tyler Richards. Competing in the 3A boy’s 400 meter race after the sun had gone down, Richards did not have his best day.
He finished ninth overall with a time of 52.46 seconds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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