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Nocona lost to Bangs 61-21 in playoffs

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The Nocona Indians season came to an end with their loss to Bangs on Friday night in the bi-district round of the playoffs.
The Dragons won 61-21 with most of the damage done in the first half.
The Indians came into the game as the higher seed, with an emotional 31-28 win against Alvord at home the previous week not only sending Nocona to the playoffs for the first time since 2018, but as a two seed.
Bangs came in as a three seed and with most of its offensive production coming from running back Guy Powell. The Indians knew it would have to stop him if they wanted to win, but found out how hard that would be.
It started off bad on the opening kickoff for Nocona. The ball bounced off the returner and the Dragons recovered at the Indians 12-yard line. Two plays later, Powell scored on a short run.
The Indians offense moved the ball, but stalled out at the Bangs 37-yard line turning it over on downs. Following a false start, Powell then ran for a 68-yard touchdown.
Down 14-0, Nocona’s offense again moved the ball into Bangs territory. A false start got the Indians off script and eventually led to Nocona turning it over on downs at the Dragons 14-yard line.
This time, the Bangs offense used its quick short passing to move the ball, before hitting its receiver on a short slant that broke away for a 67-yard touchdown pass to make it 21-0 heading into the second quarter.
It was like déjà vu as the Indians again moved the ball before again turning it over on downs in Dragons territory, this time at the 31-yard line.
The Bangs offense continued to show it was not just about Powell as the quarter got lose on a big run as well after completing some passes the last drive.
It was Powell who finished it off though as he ran for a 21-yard touchdown to make it 28-0.
The Indian offense moved the ball to midfield and looked like it was again threatening to turn the ball over on downs. They ran a double-reverse, but it was not only snuffed out by the defense, Powell was the defender and he ripped the ball away from the Nocona player and ran for another touchdown to make it 35-0.
The Indian offense failed to move the ball and after punting it away the defense was hoping they could get their first stop with Bangs facing a fourth and short. The Dragons’ quarterback kept the ball and found an open lane, scoring on a 54-yard run to make it 41-0 heading into halftime.
The good news was it could not get much worse for the Indians and they could only play better. The bad news was it would take an all time miracle to come back from this.
It was not meant to be as the Dragons scored in the opening minutes of the third quarter on a short run from Powell to make it 48-0.
The Nocona offense had moved the ball well in almost every drive in the first half, but had no points to show for it. That changed with its first drive of the second half.
On a 13-play drive, with the Indians threatening to turn the ball over on downs again facing fourth down at the nine-yard line, quarterback Brady McCasland found Luke Fuller for a touchdown pass to make it 48-7,
Still, the Dragons were not pulling their starters yet and the offense responded by marching down the field and scoring on a one-yard plunge from Powell to make it 54-7.
Nocona’s offense failed to move the ball much and punted the ball back. The following play the Indian defense forced a turnover as Miguel Olivares recovered a fumble right before the end of the quarter.
The Nocona offense took advantage, driving down the field before McCasland found Charlie Fuller for a five-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 54-14.
The Indian defense forced another turnover as Dayson Elliot recovered a fumble and returned it 13 yard to the Dragons 33-yard line. Nocona again took advantage as McCasland found Bodie Davis for a 21-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 54-21.
The Dragons were trying to hold out Powell with the game in hand, but facing a third and long on their next drive, they handed the ball to him and he went 83 yards for his seventh touchdown of the game to make it 61-21.
The Indians tried to drive one last time for a touchdown, but would fumble the ball away at the Bangs 25-yard line with a little more than a minute left. The Dragons kneeled the ball down to end the game and Nocona’s season.

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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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