SPORTS
Three schools run at Slidell
Athletes from Bowie, Saint Jo and Forestburg ran at Slidell on Saturday morning.
The Panthers brought four runners to run as individuals and the Longhorns brought one in the high school race. In the junior high race, the Cottontail teams swept the team results while Forestburg had one run as an individual.
Saint Jo had three boys run as Kile Thurman won the overall race by a little more than a second with a time of 19:22. Collin Thomas was not far behind in fifth place and Joshua Vogel finished 14th.
In the girl’s race Lady Panther Kassidy Pitman finished third overall with a time of 15:55. The Lady Horns Issabella Roller finished seventh overall with a time of 17:28.
While neither school had enough runners to compete in the team category, Bowie’s junior high teams had more than enough as both teams won.
The Lady Cottontails were led by Samantha Clarke who finished first overall with a time of 13:57. Among Bowie’s top five finishers included Shyenne Long in third place, Traycee Stewart in sixth place, Shyla Long in seventh and place and Kayden Shaffer in 10th place.
The boy’s team saw Andrew Sandhoff finish second overall with a time of 13:10. Other finishers among the top five for the Cottontails included Brody Fesmire in third place, Alex Castro in sixth place, Brady Lawhord in seventh place and Ethan Malone in eighth place.
Forestburg had one girl, Justynne Roller, run in the junior high meet. Roller finished in 16th place with a time of 19:05.
Full results and times are in the mid-week paper 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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