SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona teams run at regionals
Cross country teams from Bowie and Nocona competed in the regional cross country meet on Monday at Mae Simmons Park at Texas Tech University.
Coming in with the slimmest chances to qualify for the state meet, the three teams competed well but finished far behind the contenders.
Only the top four teams and the top 10 individuals who are not part of those teams qualify for the state meet.
The Bowie boy’s team finished 20th overall with top runner Sebastian Martinez finishing 70th overall with a time of 19:57. The Jackrabbits top five runners also include Nathan Rogers (103), Ignacio Saucedo (106), Alex Castro (115) and James Allison (132).
Coach Andy Atkins thought the course and the field was tough and hopes his team can learn from the experience and do better in the future.
“The next step for our program is to get where we are relevant during that regional race,” Atkins said. “We’ll change some things that we do in our workouts for next year and work more on our mindset.”
The Nocona Lady Indians team finished 20th as well in their race. The team’s top runner was Allie Brown who finished 34th with a time of 14:03. The Lady Indians top five runners also included Jayce Rose (73), Graci Brown (137), Jacie Pirkey (148) and Melissa Segura (155).
Coach Kyle Spitzer did not think his team ran its best race, but was proud of what his team accomplished this season.
The Nocona boy’s team finished 22nd overall. Alex Stephens was the team’s top runner, finishing 75th with a time of 20:09. The Indians top five runners included Ivan Vera (116), Ivan Hernandez (134), Freddy Duran (144) and Frank Espinoza (146).
Coach Colby Schniederjan thought his team could have run better.
“The course was a little intimidating for our younger runners and our lack of experience showed,” Schniderjan said. “It will only help us in the future with six of my top seven runners returning and five of them being freshmen.”
To see the individual results for all Bowie and Nocona runners, 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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