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Fantasy sports and me do not see eye to eye

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With the National Football League starting this Thursday, the last few weeks have been prime time for the hundreds of thousands of fantasy football leagues to narrow down who they want to invite.
During this time, if you are a person who has expressed even a glimmer of interest in football to anyone you know, chances are someone will message you about joining their fantasy football league.
For those who do not know, fantasy sports are where fans draft real life players and earn points on a weekly basis based on how well they perform week-to-week. Fans can choose any professional sports league they care about to participate, but the most popular and accessible is a league following the NFL.
With almost all of the games in a week happening on one day and a head-to-head format, football is just easier to follow and an easier commitment for some casual fans. It is expected in this day and age if you are any kind of sports fan who knows how the internet works, you must play fantasy football. I am not one of those and people seem genuinely shocked when they find out.
As a kid who got into watching and following sports in fourth grade, about four years before some of my peers really started diving into that world themselves, sports has always been a personal interest for me.
Even if it was not widely popular amongst the general public, sports would be something I would be just as into. I am not a social sports fan, like my sister Carla who got into sports in her mid 20s riding the bandwagon of the Texas Rangers back-to-back World Series appearances in the early 2010s, likes all the social aspects of being a sports fan. She loves going to games, interacting with her favorite teams fan bases, buying team gear and has finally gotten enough courage to dip her toe into the fantasy sports scene. I love that about sports, it’s just not how I choose to consume them. The thing that really turns me off to fantasy sports is the potential situation of having to choose between rooting for the players on my fantasy team to do great when they are playing the actual team I root for. I have seen it first hand where Andrew was rooting for an opposing player to do well, but still hope Dallas wins.
I do not want to face those dilemmas. I’ll cheer individual players on other teams because I like them and will wish for their demise when they play the Cowboys. It’s just that simple for me as a fan, but for some fantasy sports players, their drafted players doing well mean more than if their team happened to win that day. Money is on the line in most cases.
I know fantasy sports are not going away and are only getting bigger. With the advent of daily fantasy becoming bigger, fantasy sports are just getting more and more accessible when it comes to other sports like basketball, baseball and soccer.
I see the value and entertainment value behind it, I just wish people would stop being shocked I do not participate.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.

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