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Runners race at Wichita Falls

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Several cross country teams from Montague County competed at the Endurance House Stampede meet in Wichita Falls.
Both boys and girls teams from Bowie and Nocona along with one runner from Forestburg competed against racers from six other schools in the boy’s heat and 11 in the girl’s heat.
The Jackrabbit boy’s team had the highest finish of the day getting second place. Nathan Rogers was the top runner for the team as he got fourth place with a time of 20:38.
The top five runners for Bowie also included Ignacio Saucedo (8), Sebastion Martinez (13), Brody Fesmire (22) and Alex Castro (26).
Coach Andy Atkins was proud of how his team competed, especially his top finishers.
“Nathan Rodgers and Ignacio Saucedo had great top 10 finishes and are pushing each other daily in practice,” Atkins said. “I’m very proud of all of our guys in how they are challenging themselves each meet.”
The Lady Indians team was the top finisher in the girl’s race, finishing just behind Breckenridge in third place. Allie Brown was the top runner for the team, finishing fourth with a time of 14:07.
The top five runners for the team were also Graci Brown (12), Jayce Brown (15), Melissa Segura (32) and Natalie Pirkey (48). Coach Kyle Spitzer was proud his girls were able to improve despite some circumstances outside of their control.
“The course ran a little slower than last week’s course, but most of the girls improved their time from last week,” Spitzer said. “I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do at Wichita Falls next week.”
The Lady Rabbits finished right behind Nocona in fourth place as a team. Samantha Clarke was the top runner, finishing 11th overall with a time of 14:47.
The team’s top five finishers also included Laisha Johnson (31), Hadley Morris (36), Jojo Villareal (40) and Kaylee Johnson (49).
Atkins was pleased with the progress the team was showing in the second meet.
“Girls are getting better everyday,” Atkins said. “Samatha Clarke finished just outside the top 10 and will compete for top finishes in every meet. Freshman Hadley Morris had her best run so far and looks to continue to make great improvement.”
The Nocona boy’s team finished seventh overall with Alex Stephens finishing first for the Indians in 21st place with a time of 22:04.
The top five runners for the team also were Ivan Vera (35), Claudio Segura (39), Frank Espinoza (40) and Freddy Duran (46).
Coach Colby Schniederjan thought it was a good competition day despite the course being slow overall.
“We were able to run against some higher level competition as well as a couple of district opponents,” Schniederjan said. “My top five runners shifted but, I was proud of how we competed and we will continue to up our conditioning over the next few weeks in preparation for district.”
From Forestburg, Justynne Roller finished 72nd with a time of 18:34 while competing with runners from mostly bigger schools.
The teams from Bowie are next scheduled to run at the Ponder Invitational on Sept. 17. The next race for the teams from Nocona is earlier on Sept. 13 at Bridgeport’s Runaway Bay Golf Club.

To see results for all varsity runners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Baseball Roundup

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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers got out of their early season funk as they beat fellow 1A Bellevue twice last week on two different days.
The Panthers won the first high-scoring game 15-9 before shut out the Eagles 10-0 in the second game.
Saint Jo had a rough beginning to its season, with mostly ugly losses and only one win.
Bellevue came in with no wins, but it was not unexpected due to it being the Eagles first year as a program since the late 1990s.
Bellevue led the first game for most of it scoring five runs in the first inning and just holding off the Panthers 5-4 heading into the sixth inning.
Saint Jo then caught fire, scoring six runs in the sixth inning to take its first lead since the first inning. The Eagles kept it close and scored four runs to make it a one run game 10-9 heading into the final inning.
The game had to be postponed due to Bellevue’s new field not having any lights to play past a certain time.
When the game was picked up three days later, the Panthers added five more run to their lead. The Eagles could not answer and Saint Jo won the game 15-9.
Devein Stewart and Logan Hoover led the Panthers four RBIs each while Charlie Evans and R Forrester drove in two runs each.
Trent Gaston pitched 4.1 innings and allowed two runs and struck out seven batters to lead the team.
Saint Jo’s defense committed four errors.
For Bellevue, Brayden Moore led the team with three RBIs while Bryce Ramsey and Ryan Jones each drove in two runs.
Ramsey pitched five innings and allowed four runs while striking out nine batters to lead the team.
The second game picked up right after the end of the first game. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the second game went similarly to the end of first game.
Saint Jo scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second inning and three in the third inning.
The Panther defense shut out Bellevue and the game ended with Saint Jo winning 10-0 after four and half innings due to run rule.
Sam Martin led the Panthers with four RBIs while Evans drove in two runs. Stewart pitched three innings and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out six batters. Hoover pitched two innings and struck out four batters while allowing no hits and walking two batters. The team committed no fielding errors.
For Bellevue, River Trail got the only hit in the game for the team. The team drew three walks, but could not get on base.
Blake Reese led the team with two innings pitched and three earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out two batters. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their second game against Muenster on Friday on the road.
The Indians lost 10-0 after five innings due to run-rule as the Hornets picked up all of their runs in one horrible inning for Nocona.
The score was tied at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. The Indian defense had navigated one out singles the first two innings without letting it morph into anything threatening.
Unfortunately, the third inning saw Muenster get going from the first batter.
Five singles, two doubles, two walks and a hit batter later saw the Hornets score 10 runs.
Nocona’s bats had been able to get someone on base in most innings despite Walker Murphey getting the team’s only base hit, but could not get a run to score.
The Indian defense did bounce back to not allow any runs in the fourth or fifth inning, but with no runs coming through for Nocona, the game ended after five innings.
Muenster won 10-0.

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

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Softball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at home on Friday night against Muenster.
The Lady Hornets won 9-0, with most of the damage coming in the fourth inning against the Lady Indians.
Nocona gave up two runs in the first inning, but kept the game within reach after shutting out Muenster in the second and third innings.
Then came the fourth inning. Five fielding errors and two singles contributed to the Lady Hornets scoring six runs to go up 8-0.
The Lady Indians struggled to get their bats going all game though they did get some base runners that could have been worked home with some timely plays in other games.
Muenster added one more run in the sixth inning to make the final score 9-0.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a shootout at Era on Friday night.
The Lady Hornets won 25-15 in a game that ended early after six innings due to run-rule.
Saint Jo was trailing the early part of the game down 9-1 after three innings.
The Lady Panthers then had a huge offensive inning, scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to go up 10-9.
Era bounced back in the same inning and scored three runs to retake the lead 12-10, but Saint Jo then scored four runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth inning as it lead 15-12.
The Lady Hornets then embarked on an inning from hell for the Lady Panthers, more than doubling their score and not ending until Era was up by 10 runs to end the game early.
The Lady Hornets had scored 13 runs to win 25-15.

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

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Nocona’s Stone signs to play football

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Nocona senior Johnny Stone, son of Chelsi and Haydan, signed his letter of intent to play football at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie on Monday. Stone played running back and linebacker for Nocona on varsity for three years, helping the Indians go from two wins his first season to winning 16 games the last two seasons that resulted in playoff berths and a district title this past season. Stone has also spent time playing baseball, golf, basketball and track during his four years at Nocona. “They have a great program there,” Stone said. “Their business and financing program, it is five years for a masters so I thought that was a really good choice. They have a nice indoor gym. They really focus on the relgious part of school.” Stone plans to focus on business and financing major with maybe a minior in religious beliefs.

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