Nocona High School baseball rolled to a 5-0 lead early in Tuesday’s District 3A-9 game, scoring at least one run in three of the first four innings.
But then Holliday scored seven runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead, and eventually defeat Nocona 9-5.
Nocona dropped to 6-8 overall, and 2-5 in District 3A-9.
The first half of the schedule rotation is complete, and Nocona played Henrietta at home on Friday.
In the opening frame, Nocona scored twice. Kameron Hill scored on Ryder Nobile’s run-scoring sacrifice fly. Jaxon Phipps later scored on a Tres Howard walk.
Nocona added two more runs in the third inning as Phipps smacked a home run over the fence in left field and Howard’s RBI single scored Jeremy James. Hill plated Nocona’s fifth run in the bottom of the fourth on a passed ball.

Softball
Holliday 17, Nocona 0

Holliday put Nocona away with a whopping eight runs in the top of the fifth inning.
Katelynn Walker was the lone Lady Indian to record a multiple-hit game. Kady Hackley also had a hit for Nocona. Madilynn Cable and Claire Walker drew walks, but that was the sum total of the team’s offense. Read more, and see complete box scores in the weekend Bowie News.

Madilynn Cable drops the bat while running toward first base in a game against Bowie from April 3. Click on the image for the complete photo. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)