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Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost a tough game on Friday at Perrin-Whitt.
The Pirates won 10-4 against the Indians as they were hoping to get their first district win.
After a scoreless first inning, Perrin-Whitt scored seven runs over the next three innings to lead 7-0 until the sixth inning.
Nocona’s bats then got going as Charlie Fuller drove in one run with a single followed by Konor Harrington who drove in two more with a base hit. Luke Fuller’s hit to center field induced a fielding error that allowed one more run to come in and score.
The Indians had cut the lead to 7-4.
Unfortunately, the Pirates got most of the runs and more importantly the momentum back by scoring three runs, upping their lead to 10-4 heading into the final inning.
Nocona would need a huge offensive inning and got two runners on base thanks to drawn walks with one out. Unfortunately, the next two batters were retired as Perrin-Whitt closed the game, winning 10-4.
Nocona finished with only four hits, but drew four walks and were hit by three pitches while taking advantage of the Pirates one fielding error to score a run.
Unfortunately, defensively the Indians allowed 13 hits and committed five fielding errors which allowed more runs to be scored.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost another tough game against 2A Muenster on Friday, this one at home.
The Hornets won 11-0 after four and half innings due to run rule as the Panthers struggled against one of the district’s top 2A teams.
Saint Jo finished with only one hit in the game from Matthew Everson while Caleb Workman and Mathew Sampson each drew two walks. One fielding error from Muenster allowed the only other base runner for the Panthers as Saint Jo struggled offensively.
Defensively for the Panthers, the Hornets racked up 12 hits, with four being extra base hits which was the main way Muenster scored its runs.
The Hornets scored five runs in the first inning, one in the second, three in the third inning and two in the fourth inning.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Boys lift at last regional qualifier meet

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Boy powerlifters from Bowie, Nocona and Bellevue competed at Boyd on Feb. 20 in their final chance to qualify for the regional meet.
The Jackrabbits finished fourth overall as a team, Nocona finished seventh and Bellevue was tied for 10th place.
Bowie had five lifters finish in the top five in their weight class and score points toward the team total. One ended up winning his class.
Robert Zambrano won the 148 class with a total of 1,315 total pounds lifted.
Tyson Jordan and Tripp Brewer both got second in their weight classes, Jordan in the 198 pound and Brewer in the 220 pound. The final two athletes to score were Kaden Rutherford and Austin Komolosi who both got fourth place, Rutherford in the 114 class and Komolosi in the 165 class.
Unfortunately, Bowie had four lifters not complete all three of their lifts or bomb out.
Nocona only brought three of their lifters, but two of the three finished all three of their lifts and placed high enough to score points.
Kaedon Wallace won the 114 weight class as he lifted 690 total pounds. Teammate Omar Salinas finished second in the 123 class as he lifted 705 pounds.
For Bellevue, its two lifters completed their lifts, but neither were high enough to get into the top five in their weight class to score points.
Blake Reese finished eighth in the 181 class and Cam Blaylock finished 10th in the 220 pound weight class.
Bowie has six boys altogether along with one alternate that qualified: Tripp Brewer, Landyn Walker, Robert Zambrano, Jorge DeLeon, Tyson Jordan, Luis Covarrubias with Kaden Rutherford as an alternate. Nocona has three boys who qualified for the regional meet: Matthew Johnson, Omar Salinas and Kaeden Wallace.

To see results for all lifters from Bowie, Nocona and Bellevue who completed all three of their lifts at the meet, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona baseball picks up two early season wins at Alvord

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The Nocona Indians played their first official games of the season on Saturday at Alvord, picking up close wins against Poolville and Paradise.
The Indians won 3-2 against Poolville and 2-1 against Paradise to start the season on a good note.
Nocona was down 1-0 entering the third inning against the Monarchs. The Indians tied the score at 1-1 as Zyrus Moreno drew a walk with the bases loaded.
Nocona then took the lead in the fourth inning. Landon Fatheree dove in a run on a double. Later Brody Langford scored on a passed ball to make 3-1 in favor of the Indians.
Poolville cut the lead to one run when it scored thanks to a fielding error. However, Nocona got out three and the game ended after four innings played. The Indians won 3-2.
Played afterwards was the game against Paradise. The Panthers led initially 1-0 the first two innings. Nocona tied the game in the third inning with Brody Langford hitting an RBI single.
After a scoreless fourth inning, the Indians started a two-out rally in the fifth inning. Langford hit a single to get on base. He later advanced to second base thanks to an error trying to pick him off. Fatheree then came through with a single to drive him home.
It proved to be the winning run as Nocona won 2-1.

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Lady Rabbits struggle against Archer City

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Bowie’s first tournament of the season, the Archer County tournament, was cancelled due to weather concerns so the Lady Rabbits only played game last week was against Archer City on Saturday.
It did not go well for the Lady Rabbits as they lost 11-0 after five innings.
Archer City scored one run in the first inning, two in the second inning and three in the third inning. Bowie did shut out the Lady Cats in the fourth inning, but Archer City rebounded with five runs in the fifth inning.
The Lady Rabbits struggled on offense, finishing with three hits and three walks in the game, neither timely enough to score runs.
On defense, Bowie had nine fielding errors while giving up seven hits and walking six batters.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

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