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Nocona volleyball beats Bowie 3-0

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In the last game of the season, county and district rivals Bowie and Nocona squared off for the third time this season with playoff seeding on the line.
For the Lady Indians, it was senior night at home. A win would guarantee at least sole possession of runner-up status to Holliday, with a prayer the Lady Eagles would lose to Henrietta to give Nocona a share of the district title.
For the Lady Rabbits, not only would a win be pay back for losing the first two times against their rival and avoid the season sweep, it would also tie them with the Lady Indians for second place in the district and a chance at getting a second seed.
The crowd was raucous as Nocona’s student section was dressed up in Halloween costumes and ready to make noise. With both crowds joined together in one stand, it was a blast of noise coming from one direction on top of the court of play. The music seemed turned up even louder than normal. Both sides cheerleaders added extra noise during timeouts and even during opponent serves.
There were some jitters on both sides as some serves sailed far out of bounds as every point from the crowd was celebrated like it was match-point. Some three-point stretches leading to a timeout brought fans to their feet.
The first set was competitive, but it was Nocona who steadily built a sizeable lead, culminating in a 12-8 lead early on. Bowie stormed back to cut the lead to 18-17. The teams played point-to-point after that as neither team could get much of an edge over the next 10 points.
The Lady Indians held a narrow 23-22 lead, but a set that close was liable to swing either team’s way to close it out. It was Nocona who was able to keep their lead as they closed things out to win 25-23.
Things started catastrophic for the Lady Rabbits in the second set as they found themselves down 11-4 quickly. They cut the lead to five as they climbed back 15-10, but another good rotation ballooned the lead up to 19-11. From there it was only a matter of time as the teams played almost even for the rest of the set as the Lady Indians won 25-18 to go up 2-0.
The third set started much like the first. Bowie was competing well with Nocona, but the one point lead for the Lady Indians slowly turned into a two-point lead, then a three-point lead. Down 17-13 and in the exact same spot they closed the gap in the first set, it went the other way for the Lady Rabbits. Nocona reeled off five straight points to go up 22-13 and all but seal the win unless something magic happened for Bowie.
You could almost argue something almost did. The Lady Rabbits won eight of the 10 points as they cut the lead to 24-21. Unfortunately for Bowie, and relief from the Lady Indians, Nocona won the next point as a Lady Rabbit spike went wide to secure the win in straight sets from the Lady Indians.

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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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