SPORTS
Nocona’s late rally comes up short
The Nocona Indians baseball team traveled to Callisburg on Monday despite the weather to take on the Wildcats.
The Indians came up short 9-4 despite a seventh inning rally that made Callisburg sweat a bit late in the game.
Nocona could not get anything going in the first inning offensively. On defense, a leadoff single followed by three walks and a sacrifice fly scored two runs for the Wildcats to go up 2-0.
Neither team had much going on in the second or third innings. Callisburg hit a two out triple to score a run in the bottom of the fourth to go up 3-0.
In the bottom of the fifth, a leadoff single came back to bite Nocona as a two out error allowed that runner to score to make the Wildcats lead go to 4-0.
The bottom of the sixth inning is when Callisburg had the big inning, scoring five runs with two outs thanks to four hits, an error and a walk.
With the Wildcats up 9-0 heading into the final inning and the Indians not threatening to score up to that point, it looked like Callisburg would coast to the finish.
Nocona rallied in the top of the seventh. A leadoff walk and a hit batter put two runners on base. Jason Sparkman then doubled into center field to score one run and put two runners in scoring position with no outs.
Trenten Womack then followed that up with another double up the middle to score another runner.
Still down 9-2, with no outs and momentum on the relief picture in for the Wildcats, things still looked promising.
The next batter for Nocona struck out for the first out and Duece Glasker grounded out to second base for the second out. Sparkman was able to score on the hit though to make it 9-3 with two outs and a runner on third base.
Next batter Jacob Morris singled to score the runner on third to make it 9-4, almost cutting the lead in half.
The next batter was hit by the pitch to put two runners on, but the ride came to an end when the runner at second was caught stealing third to end the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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.
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 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th 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 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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