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LOCAL SPORTS: Henrietta beats Nocona baseball, softball

Published

11 years ago

04/15/2015

Henrietta plated 10 runs in the top of the third inning to take a 12-1 lead en route to a 20-6 conquest over homestanding Nocona.
Nocona fought off the mercy rule until the bottom of the fifth.
The Indians scored three runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth, but it certainly wasn’t enough on this night that saw Nocona use four pitchers and Henrietta mash seven doubles.
Nocona stands at 6-9 overall, and 2-6 in District 3A-9. The Indians will play at Boyd tonight, and then return home for Jacksboro on Thursday.
Jaxon Phipps provided a pair of RBIs in the loss. Tres Howard and Charles Evans both scored twice for the Indians.
The teams combined for nine defensive errors in this wild contest.
Jeremy James singled to score Robert Hawkins and Howard plated a run on Evans’ RBI groundout in the fifth.
Nocona could have scored more runs in the fourth, but the Indians grounded into a double play. Evans plated his first run on a Phipps’ RBI single in the third.

Softball
Henrietta 13, Nocona 3

The Nocona softball team suffered its fourth straight loss as Henrietta defeated the Lady Indians on Friday 13-3.

Jaxon Phipps tags out a Henrietta runner during last Friday’s District 3A-9 game at Nocona. The Bearcats walloped the Indians 20-6. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

SPORTS

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

Published

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.