SPORTS
Nocona runs at Muenster
Teams from Nocona and Saint Jo competed at Muenster on Wednesday in both team’s final meet before district.
The Nocona boy’s team finished third while the Saint Jo boy’s and Lady Indians both finished fourth.
The Indians team was led by Freddy Duran who finished 10th overall with a time of 19:53. Nocona’s top five runners also included Alex Stephens (19), Claudio Segura (21), Frank Espinoza (22) and Ivan Hernandez (24).
Coach Colby Schniederjan was proud of how his team ran and feels good about his teams chances heading into district.
“We strictly ran individual races, as there were no teams that we needed to compete against,” Schniederjan said. “We were able to improve times and fine tune our individual strategies before district. Our team feels confident going into the district race on Monday. We have seen everyone and feel competitive with our best times. We just need to run confidently on Monday and advancing will take care of itself.”
The Lady Indians were led by Allis Brown who finished second overall with a time of 12:48. The Nocona girl’s top five runners included Jayce Rose (14), Graci Brown (19), Melissa Segura (29) and Jacie Pirkey (32).
Coach Kyle Spitzer knows his girls have more in them and hopes they show it at the district meet.
“I thought we ran well,” Spitzer said. “We have still not reached our ceiling. I think we’re getting closer, but hopefully we can do that at Holliday on Monday.”
The Saint Jo boy’s team was led by Collin Thomas who finished first overall with a time of 19:08. The Panther’s top five runners also included Devin Stewart (20), Kile Thurman (23), Joshua Vogel (31) and Brice Durham (34).
Saint Jo had two girls compete as well. Aubrey Morman finished 40th with a time of 16:03 while Kate Sherwin finished 55th.
Coach Lyndon Cook liked what he saw from two time state qualifier Thomas getting his first gold medal of the season, but is also feeling good looking at his team as a whole.
“We had three guys run new personal records with Brice Durham, Logan Hoover and Mathew Sampson all running the best times of their career, so it was a great final tune up with district next week,” Cook said. “It’s going to be a very competitive district meet so I’m looking forward to next Wednesday.”
Saint Jo’s district meet is scheduled for Oct. 13 at Bowie’s Pellham Park.
To see results from all high school runners from Nocona and Saint Jo, 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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