SPORTS
Nocona hosts track meet
Track teams from Bowie, Nocona and Forestburg competed at Nocona’s hosted meet on Monday.
The Bowie Lady Rabbits team and the Indians team both finished third overall. The Jackrabbit team finished fifth and the Lady Indians team finished fourth overall.
The Longhorns had one boy and girl athlete compete overall. Braxton Osteen finished fourth in both the shot put and discus while Justynne Roller finished fourth in the 800 meters.
The Bowie girls team had top three finishes in the 100 meters (Taygon Jones 2nd), 100 meter hurdles (Anahi Perez 3rd), 300 meter hurdles (Neely Price 3rd), 400 meters (Laisha Johnson 3rd), 800 meters (Samantha Clarke 2nd, Jojo Villareal 3rd), high jump (Price 3rd) and all three relays.
The Nocona girls had Graci Brown finish first in the 400 meters and the long jump. Allie Brown finished second in the 3200 meters and third in the 1600 meters. The team also won the 4×400 meter relay at the end of the meet.
The Nocona boy’s team had several top three finishers in events including the 300 meter hurdles (Cooper Waldrip 3rd), the 400 meters (Caden Gasten 1st, Fuller 2nd), the 3200 meters (Duran 2nd), the high jump (Ty Presley), triple jump (Gasten 2nd), discus (Johnny Stone 3rd) and both the 4×100 and 4×400 meter relays.
The Bowie boy’s team list of top three finishers in events included the 100 meters (Clark 2nd), the 300 meter hurdles (Rhyne 2nd), pole vault (Nathan Curry 2nd), shot put (Coleton Price 2nd) and the 4×100 meter relay team.
To see results for all varsity athletes who finished among the top six in their events from Bowie, Nocona and Forestburg, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. Some first names were not included or known from the results given.
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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