SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Nocona blasts City View
Zach Trentham had a career game with five runs scored, a double and a triple as the Nocona High School baseball team walloped City View 21-4 in District 3A-9 action on Tuesday.
City View and Nocona were actually tied at 2-all after three innings, but the Indians then began piling on the runs with four in the fourth inning, six in the fifth and a whopping nine in the sixth.
Nocona won the game in six innings on account of the mercy rule.
It marked the second straight victory for Nocona, improving to 8-10 overall and 4-7 in 3A-9. The Indians played host to Paradise on Friday evening before visiting Bowie next Tuesday.
Jaxon Phipps, Robert Hawkins and Trentham all scattered three hits and produced three RBIs in this laugher.
Nocona could have scored even more if not for 13 runners left on base.
Jeremy James earned the win, pitching four innings. James allowed four earned runs on four hits while walking striking out five and walking three. He also had five hit batsmen.
Softball
City View 10, Nocona 8
City View held of Nocona for a District 3A-9 victory, even though the Lady Indians pressed the Lady Mustangs late by scoring twice in the seventh inning.
In the seventh inning, Nocona’s Makayla Sandoval stole home and Katelynn Walker added a run when Claire Walker singled her in.
Lexi Reed then reached on a fielder’s choice, but the rally ended on Kady Hackley’s groundout to second base and the game was over. Read more, and see complete box scores, in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
Nocona’s Kameron Hill runs the bases during a recent game against Jacksboro. Nocona blasted City View on Tuesday night, 21-4. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News file photo by Blake Wood)
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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