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Nocona softball beats Saint Jo 12-2
The Nocona Lady Indians won their second district game against 1A Saint Jo at home on a cold Monday night.
The Lady Indians beat the smaller Lady Panthers 12-2 by run rule after five innings.
Nocona had some tough losses in its last two games where the defense just was not as sound as it needed to be to stay in the game.
The young Lady Panthers were trying to keep their head above water and focusing on the positives besides the final score in their games the last two weeks.
Saint Jo led off and was able to get Taylor Patrick on base thanks to catcher interference with two outs, but could not capitalize.
Nocona jumped on the scoring early. After Reagan Phipps drew a walk with one out, the Lady Indians top hitter Tobie Cable came up and hit a home run that cleared the fences to put the Lady Indians up multiple runs.
Nocona added to it as next batter Avery Crutsinger hit a deep ball to right field. Thanks to trouble fielding the ball and getting it into the infield, Crutsinger was able to get all the way home for a solo inside the park home run to put the Lady Indians up 3-0.
Saint Jo pitcher Maxey Johnson was able to bounce back. After Skye Kirby hit a double to get in scoring position, Saint Jo had a groundout for out two. With Kirby on third base, Johnson struck out the next batter for out three.
The Lady Panthers answered in the second inning. Kayden Skidmore hit a single with one out. Following a fielder’s choice out at second base for out two, Presley Deweese hit a single to put two runners on base.
After both advanced to second and third base on a double steal, Nevaeh Spam then hit a ball into the center field that induced a fielding error that allowed both runners to score.
Saint Jo cut the lead to 3-2 before the next batter lined out to Nocona pitcher Phipps.
The Lady Indians came back firing on offense. Evelyn Marquez led off with a double. A sacrifice bunt moved her to third base where Abby Hill drove her home on a bunt that she was able to reach first base with.
After Hill stole second base, Phipps traded places with her with a double for another run. Cable then hit a triple to drive in Phipps before Crutsinger hit a double to drive in Cable to extend the Lady Indians lead to 7-2.
Nocona tried to score more with only one out, but a ground ball to Saint Jo’s second base went to first for an out before quickly being thrown to the catcher for an out at the plate to end the second inning on a double play.
Reagan Wilson led off for the Lady Panthers and got on base with a single. Unfortunately, for Saint Jo, the next three batters were retired by Nocona’s defense and Phipps on the mound.
The Lady Indians were looking to add to their lead, but besides a Denise DeLeon drawing a walk with one out they had no luck as Saint Jo’s Johnson struck out two batters and induced a ground out to advance the game to the fourth inning.
Bailie Nobile drew a walk with one out for the Lady Panthers, but Nocona’s Phipps struck out the next two batters to not let it grow into any scoring chances.
Hill led off for the Lady Indians with a single.
After a fielder’s choice out at second base, Cable came through with her second two-run home run, this one clearing the fences in left field.
Crutsinger then hit a single before being driven home by Kirby hitting a double to up Nocona’s score to 10-2.
Saint Jo was able to battle back and retire the next two batters on groundouts to the catcher and shortstop to end the fourth inning.
The Lady Panthers tried to get a two out rally going with Patrick drawing a walk and Johnson hitting a single that put runners at the corners. Nocona’s Phipps then was able to induce a shallow line drive right to third base for out three.
The Lady Indians only needed two more runs to end the game and Marquez and Katy Barrett both started the inning with singles.
Walker came in to run for Barrett. After Marquez stole second base, she later scored on a passed ball while Walker advanced to third base. Following a drawn walk from Hill, Phipps grounded out to the pitcher who got the out at first base, but this allowed Walker to come home for the game ending run.
Nocona won 12-2.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
With baseball state tournament about to get under way this week, the district baseball honors were released for the district 10-2A which includes Nocona.
With the team missing the playoffs maybe the Indians were not as well represented as some other teams, but still some Nocona players were honored.
Wesley Murphey earned the highest honor as he was named second team all-district pitcher.
Fellow pitcher and brother Walker Murphey was named honorable mention along with outfielder Miguel Olivares and utility player Charlie Fuller.
To see photos of all four pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie BMX race park is hosting its busiest weekend of the year.
The park is scheduled to host three days of racing from June 10-12 with people from all over the state and even further expected to travel to Bowie to take part.
On June 10 is the Bob Warnicke scholarship race using single points format. Sign-ups start at 5 p.m. and go all the way up until races start at 7 p.m.
On June 11 is the Race for Life leukemia fundraiser and pro-am that will also be using single point format. Sign-ups start at 4 p.m. and will go until races start at 6 p.m.
June 12 is expected to be the busiest day as it will be at state championship qualifier races. Sign-ups begin at 9:30 a.m. and will go until 11 a.m. when the races will start.
Spectators are welcome to come free of charge with parking free as well. Concessions will be available for cold drinks to keep spectators hydrated and full.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
With the arrival of June comes increasing temperatures, camps galore for kids and for high school athletes making time to get ready for next school year.
For Bowie, incoming boy’s 7th-12th graders will practice Monday through Thursday starting June 12.
On Mondays and Wednesdays high school will do football skills and junior high athletes will do basketball drills from 7:30-8:30 a.m. They will switch on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Workouts will follow and go from 8:30-9:30 a.m. except on Tuesdays which will be before the skills at 6:30-7:30 a.m.
The Bowie girl workouts will start the same week for incoming 7th-12th graders. The workouts are scheduled every day for 7:30-8:30 a.m.
On Mondays and Wednesday’s, the high school girls will practice basketball and junior high volleyball from 8:30-9:30 a.m. On Tuesdays and Thursdays it will be reversed.
Bowie is expected to take the week of July 4th off to give athletes a break before ramping back up for the start of August.
For Nocona athletes, incoming 7th-12th grade boys and girls will start summer workouts on June 5. The workouts will be Monday through Thursday and go from 8-10:30 a.m.
They are scheduled to take the week of July 4th off and are expecting to take another week or two off at some point during the summer.
At Saint Jo, workouts start on June 5 and will be Monday through Thursday for incoming 7th-12th graders. The week of July 4th and the final week of July athletes will have off.
Every day strength and conditioning will go 8-9 a.m. On Monday through Wednesday, there will be an hour that follows for sport specific skill work. On Mondays and Wednesdays it will be football and volleyball. On Tuesdays it will be basketball.
At Prairie Valley, incoming junior high and high school athletes are scheduled to start summer workouts on June 6. Sessions will be from 8-11 a.m. and cover weight training, cardio training along with basketball and volleyball training.
Workouts will be Monday through Thursday. There will be a two week break in the middle with the last week of June and the first week of July athletes getting off.
For Forestburg, its incoming boy athletes have completed their first week of summer workouts this week. The girl athletes will join them at the beginning of next week on June 6.
They will go Monday through Thursday every week and also will take a break the week of July 4. Instead of the morning, workouts are scheduled for 6-8 p.m.
At Gold-Burg, some new coaches are expected to be hired but until then there are no plans for official summer workouts in the meantime.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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