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Nocona
The Nocona Indians were victim of another last second shot in their loss to Pottsboro on Tuesday.
The Cardinals pulled off the win 46-45 with a deep 3-point shot at the buzzer.
The Indians started the game well as they established a 17-7 lead in the first quarter.
Pottsboro came back and had a huge second quarter powered by Bret Nix, who scored 15 of his game high 28 points during this time.
Nocona struggled offensively as well, causing the Cardinals to take the lead at halftime 29-23.
The Indians made some defensive adjustments and held Pottsboro to only one basket in the third quarter.
Unfortunately, Nocona continued to struggle a bit in the third, but made up enough ground to trail by just one point 31-30 heading into the final quarter.
It was easily the most competitive quarter of the game as both teams went back and forth.
With the score tied late in the final minute, Coach Colby Schniederjan put the ball in the hands of his senior point guard Landry McCasland.
Having already sunk some crucial free throws in the period, McCasland came through as he scored a tough layup to give the Indians the lead 45-43.
The Cardinals had to race up the floor to get a good shot.
Several feet inside the halfcourt line, but still deeper than most coaches would want their players shooting from, a Pottsboro player rattled home the shot at the buzzer to give Pottsboro the one-point win 46-45.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs won one game and lost the other right before the Thanksgiving break.
The Bulldogs won on the road at Chillicothe 46-26 while being on the wrong side of things against Petrolia 47-27.
Prairie Valley’s game against the Eagles was the second time the Bulldogs had played them this season.
“We probably didn’t play as well this time as we did the time before. but we were able to work on some new things,” Coach Seth Stephens said. “From this game we learned that we really need to improve our rebounding, as well as taking care of the basketball.”
Isaac Yeargin led the team with 15 points, Tyler Winkler was second with 12 points while dishing five assists.
Konner Ritchie led the team with 12 rebounds and five steals.
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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