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Nocona boys lose to Holliday
The Nocona Indians could not pull off another upset win in district play as they hosted Holliday on Friday.
The Indians lost a low-scoring game 44-38 against the Eagles in a game that was close throughout.
Nocona came into the game after the biggest of pick-me-up game wins against rival Bowie, especially after starting district play with a close loss to Henrietta and a blowout loss to City View.
Holliday came into the game following its first district loss to City View after winning its first three district games.
The game started with the Eagles taking an early lead, but a couple of 3-pointers and a regular field goal put Nocona up 8-6. Holliday would then finish the quarter on a 7-0 run to take back the lead and be in control 13-8 heading into the second quarter.
It was a slog for both teams until halftime.
Holliday kept trying to get shots around the basket, but the Indians Sam Davis proved to be a big deterrent as he blocked or altered several shots without fouling too much. The Eagles scored only five points.
Unfortunately, Nocona did not do any better. Only two made baskets from Lyndon Fenoglio were the only points the Indians could get before halftime, making the score 18-12.
The third quarter was only slightly better when it came to scoring for either team. Nocona slowly but surely took half of the quarter to take its first lead since the first quarter 19-18.
Unfortunately, Holliday came back to go on its own 7-0 run to close the quarter ahead 26-19.
For whatever reason, the lid that had been on the basket for three quarters seemed to open in the fourth quarter.
After getting to the free throw line only twice in the first three quarters, the Indians attempted eight in fourth quarter. Fenoglio made several tough shots down the stretch to try and keep Nocona within range of coming back, scoring nine of his team high 17 points.
Unfortunately, Holliday was also able to score as Cade Borchardt scored nine of his 12 points in the quarter. At one point the Eagles had a double-digit lead 39-29 with a little more than two minutes left to play.
With 22 seconds left the Nocona had cut the lead in half 43-38 and had a shot to cut the game to one basket. The team missed and Holliday made a free throw at the end to make the final score 44-38.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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