SPORTS
Lady Indians lose first game in district
The Nocona Lady Indians opened district play at home on Tuesday against Holliday.
The final score was ugly as the Lady Eagles won 20-0 in five innings. The only bright side is that 15 of those runs came in two innings, while the Lady Indians were able to limit Holliday’s offense to manageable in the other three.
In the top of the first with two outs, Nocona had a costly fielding error that allowed one run to score to give the Lady Eagles the lead. The Lady Indians swung early and often in the count on offense. While they made contact, three groundouts on only five pitches thrown, moved the game into the second inning.
Holliday’s offense went off the first time in the second inning. Six hits, three errors and one walk allowed the Lady Eagles to scored eight runs to go up 9-0. With the score going up, confidence from Nocona went down, which just snowballed things all inning.
On offense, a hit batter and Laramie Hayes hitting a double to right field put two runners in scoring position with two outs. Unfortunately, the next batter struck out to end what would be the Lady Indians best chance to score.
Holliday added a solo-home run in the top of the third inning to make it 10-0, but Nocona was able to limit the Lady Eagles to just that. The Lady Indians had no luck getting any base runners as the game moved to the fourth inning.
Holliday led off with another solo-home run and then added two more runs thanks to two walks, a double and an error. The Lady Eagles now led 13-0 while Nocona had no answer offensively.
The fifth inning saw Holliday hit a grand slam and three RBI double to make the score 20-0. The Lady Indians offense failed to respond with any base runners or hits as the game ended due to run rule.
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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