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Indians show scrappy play at Poolville Tournament
The Nocona baseball team had a hectic two days as it played in the final tournament of the season at Poolville.
Squeezing five games in only two day, the Indians went 2-1-2 in competitive games that were never easy, but also never out of.
Nocona first played Olney where things came all at once. After two scoreless innings from both teams, the Indians exploded with seven runs in the third inning thanks to six hits and two hit batters. The Cubs were able to answer with a run in the fourth inning, but that was all they could muster as Nocona won 7-1.
RBIs came from Logan Barnes, Tyler Richards, Jacob Morris and Duece Galasker.
The Indians next played Tom Bean in close and dramatic game that ended in an unsatisfying way.
The Tomcats scored a run in the first inning, but Nocona scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 3-1 lead. After two scoreless innings, Tom Bean took the lead in the fifth inning 4-3.
Thanks to a fielding error, the Indians were able to tie the score up at 4-4 before the game was ruled a tie after five innings.
Nocona ended the day with a disappointing loss to Millsap 7-5. The Indians out hit the Bulldogs 8-4, but thanks to five fielding errors, the winnable game was just out of their reach.
Nocona started Friday off disappointingly as they quickly fell behind 4-0 in the first inning. The Indians fought and scored four runs over the next two innings, but the Dragons also scored three runs as they led 7-4.
Chico added two more runs the next two innings to lead 9-4 heading into the final inning. Despite a last gasp effort scoring three runs, it was not enough from the Nocona as it lost 9-7.
The Indians played Electra in their final game of the tournament and again fell behind early 4-0. Nocona was able to add a run in the first and third inning to cut the lead to 4-2, but could not break through as both teams struggled to score.
In the last inning in the bottom of the sixth, the Indians found a way back. A single and two walks loaded the bases up with two outs. Thanks to a fielding error from the Tigers, a runner was able to score to cut the lead to one.
A wild pitch from Electra allowed Jason Sparkman to score to tie the game. Another walk loaded the bases.
Against the next batter, another wild pitch allowed Carter Horn to score the game winning run to give Nocona a 5-4 win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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