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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got back on track with a win against Breckenridge at home on Tuesday night.
The Indians won a low-scoring game 38-30 against the Bucks.
In the first quarter, Breckenridge was able to make three 3-pointers playing off its big post presence to take a 13-8 lead. Only a couple of 3-pointers from Nocona’s Adam Meekins kept the Indians close.
The second quarter saw both teams go cold on offense. Nocona only scored four points, but thanks to its defense it allowed only two points from the Bucks. Breckenridge still went into halftime with the lead 15-12.
Breckenridge still held a little lead 26-23 heading into the fourth quarter, but Nocona was in striking distance to steal the game.
Nocona got two more 3-pointers from Meekins, post player Sam Davis scoring five points and Lyndon Fenoglio making four free throws to get the lead. Thanks to some lockdown defense, the Indians held Breckenridge to only four points to get the win 38-30.
Meekins led the team with 15 points on five 3-pointers while Fenoglio was second with 10 points.

Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Panthers were able to get an impressive win against Prairie Valley on Tuesday night at home.
The Panthers pulled away in the fourth quarter to make the final score 56-36 worse than the game was for the first three quarter.
The Bulldogs were playing catch up from the start as Saint Jo kicked out of its shooting slump this game, but Prairie Valley kept coming back.
Every time the Bulldogs got close, the Panthers had an answer. Saint Jo led 27-18 at halftime, but Prairie Valley cut the lead down to 37-32 with a few minutes before the fourth quarter.
The Panthers finished the game on a tear 19-4 run to make the final score 56-36.
For Saint Jo, Brice Durham led the team with 19 points while Kile Thurman was not far behind with 18 points. Logan Brawner was a beast on the boards as he grabbed 17 rebounds.
For Prairie Valley, Tyler Winkler and Konner Ritchei each scored 12 points to lead the team. Ritchie grabbed a team high eight rebounds as well.

Bellevue vs Forestburg
The Bellevue Eagles beat Forestburg at home on Tuesday night.
The Eagles won 48-26 against a Longhorn team that was missing some starters for the game.
Bellevue led for all of the game, leading 17-7 after the first quarter and 29-12 at halftime.
Jesus Sanchez led the Longhorns with 14 points while Braxton Osteen was second with nine points.
Forestburg Coach Eldon Van Hooser thought his team played better despite missing some players, but knows his team still has a long way to go.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears lost a tough one against Slidell at home on Tuesday night.
The Greyhounds won 82-29 against a Bears team.
Despite the score, Coach Jessie Vaughn thought his team did all it could on defense making Slidell work for its baskets while doing what he asked on offense as well.

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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.

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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.

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