SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOLS: Paradise sweeps Nocona baseball, softball
The Nocona High School baseball and softball teams didn’t have much luck on the road Tuesday at Paradise.
The Lady Indians suffered a 12-2 loss, in a game that was reduced to five innings due to the mercy rule.
Nocona’s baseball team could only muster four hits in a 9-0 loss.
It doesn’t get any easier on Friday with Bowie coming to town. Bowie’s baseball team is ranked in the top-20 in two different state polls and the softball girls are coming off a 12-run shellacking of Holliday.
Nocona softball stands at 4-12, 1-6, while the Indian baseball team saw its record drop to 6-6, 2-3.
Softball
Paradise 12, Nocona 2
Katelynn Walker scored Nocona’s first run on a Sherese Price groundout to the pitcher. That cut the Paradise lead to 3-1.
Karlie Pepper, whose rounding into form as one of Nocona’s best hitters, doubled in the fifth inning to score Claire Walker.
Baseball
Paradise 9, Nocona 0
Paradise slowly built its lead throughout the course of the game, until the Panthers erupted for a six-run sixth to put Nocona away for good.
Nocona had chances early to score.
Jeremy James reached first on a Paradise, but he was left stranded there in the opening inning. Read more, and see complete box scores, in the weekend Bowie News.
Claire Walker gets her bat on the ball during a recent District 3A-9 game against Wichita Falls City View. (News photo by Blake Wood)
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After some coaching time in East Texas, Bret Botard will be the new girl’s basketball coach at Bowie.
Botard said it’s a chance to work with Bowie Athletic Director Tyler Price once again. Price was Botard’s assistant when he coached at Nocona.
“I wanted to get back into the area,” Botard said. “It’s a good community.”
Botard graduated high school in 1995 from Del Valle High School, outside Austin, and went to Texas Tech. He started his coaching career in Lubbock followed by returning to his alma mater where he was an assistant for his high school coach.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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