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SPRING SPORTS: Nocona baseball opens Feb. 26

Published

11 years ago

02/07/2015

The Nocona High School baseball team will open the 2015 regular season with its own tournament from Feb. 26-28.
The following week, the Indians will play a home game against Muenster on March 3.
Nocona plays in the Lindsay Tournament from March 5-7. The Indians also have away baseball games versus Chico (March 10) and Alvord (13).
Nocona begins District 3A-9 action on March 17 at Henrietta. The district home opener is on March 20 against Boyd.
Bowie plays at Nocona on April 3, which is Good Friday. The Indians and the Jackrabbits will then play at Bowie on April 28.
The regular season concludes on May 1 as Nocona plays host to Holliday. This will also be the Senior Night game.
Brent Lewis serves as the head coach, with Tyson Mankin and Brennon Dingler as assistants.

Tennis
Nocona High School tennis will begin the 2015 season at home with a triangular match against Prairie Valley and Forestburg.
Nocona will then take on Forestburg in a dual on March 12.
The Indians and Lady Indians then will travel to Tioga for a tournament at Hamilton Park. The girls’ meet is March 24 and the boys and mixed doubles will play on March 26.
Nocona’s girls will play in the Bowie Invitational on April 2.
Nocona and Bowie will compete in the District 3A-9 meet here in Bowie on April 7-8.
Tiffany Clay is serving as the head coach.

Nocona Indians. (Logo provided by the Nocona Independent School District, no copyright infringement inferred)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.

No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.

With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Willett, Richey off to State

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.

Tyler Richey finished 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.

Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

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3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.

The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.

Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.