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Nocona basketball teams play in first tournaments

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The Nocona basketball teams both traveled to their first tournaments of the season last week.
The Lady Indians traveled to Alvord and came away with the tournament championship while the boy’s team was challenged and did well at Franklin.
The first team in their way was Callisburg. The Lady Indians made quick work of the Lady Cats, winning 57-4. Averee Kleinhans led the team with 32 points, with 27 coming in the first half against the overmatched team.
Nocona next played traditional 1A power Slidell. The Lady Indians made sure it was no contest again with a dominant showing, winning 76-19. Kleinhans scored 33 points while Kylie Rose was second with 16 points, making four three-pointers.
Iowa Park proved to be Nocona’s toughest game of the tournament as the teams both scored quite a bit of points. The Lady Indians kept their streak of 70-point games in the tournament going while the Lady Hawks tried to keep up. Nocona would win 71-51. Kleinhans led with 22 points while Karlee Brown scored 15 points and Rose would score 14.
The win put the Lady Indians in the championship game against the tournament host Lady Bulldogs. Nocona came just short of scoring 70 points for the fourth straight game, but with its defense holding Alvord to two points in the first and third quarters, the Lady Indians total points was more than enough. Nocona won 65-36.
Kleinhans led the team with 34 points, just short of outscoring the Lady Bulldogs team. Sydni Messer added 12 points to join her in double figures.
The Nocona boy’s team did not come away with a tournament title, but the team went 2-3 against some challenging, unfamiliar teams with Franklin being three and half hours away.
The Indians first played a home schooled team, Aggieland, from College Station. Nocona would win 63-53. Next against Groesbeck, the Indians would win 75-38.
Some games against state ranked teams like the tournament host and Central Heights did not go well as the Indians offense struggled to score. The Lions would win 66-28 and the Blue Devils 39-22. Nocona would end the tournament against Navasota, losing 49-31.
Coach Colby Schniederjan felt like the tournament provided an adequate challenge for his team going forward, with so many unfamiliar teams giving different looks.
“We saw really good teams with different game plans and versions of basketball,” Schniederjan said. “It was exactly what you want in a tournament. We fought through adversity and played a lot of minutes. Some of our weaknesses were spotlighted which only gives us things to work on and continue to better. We only gained positive things from this weekend.”
The Nocona boy’s team head to another tournament this weekend at Jacksboro. The Lady Indians next play at Ponder at 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 13.

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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.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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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.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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