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Nocona baseball closes the season with game against district champs
In Nocona baseball’s final game of the season on Monday, the Indians might not have gone out winners against district champion Holliday on senior night, but they went out with their heads held high.
The Eagles might have won by run rule with a score of 15-4 in six innings, but Nocona put pressure on them early.
Holliday only got on base in the first inning thanks to an error in the outfield. A strikeout and a fly out to right field followed to keep the runner stranded at second base.
Tyler Richards drew a one out walk. Two batters later Trenten Womack smashed a two-run home run to left field, giving the Indians a 2-0 lead after the first inning.
The joy and the lead were short lived. Four hits, three walks and two errors led to five runs for the Eagles. Jason Daughtry hit a one out double to left field, but nothing came of it as the Indians trailed 5-2.
Nocona changed pitchers in the third inning. An error at second base saw the leadoff batter get on. A single to right field followed. Both runners advanced to second and third base before a sacrifice fly to center field allowed one run to score. A single drove in the other runner to extend the lead to 7-2.
Womack hit a two out single to left field, but the Indians could not follow it up with anything as the game moved to the fourth inning.
Holliday added more runs with two hits, two errors and one walk combined to score four runs. Nocona answered back as Kooper Hansard and Carlos Castro hit back-to-back singles.
After a ground out to first base moved both runners to second and third, Logan Barnes came through with a double to right field that drove in both runners. Barnes was thrown out trying to steal third base for the third out to end the fourth inning, with the Eagles leading 11-4.
Holliday led off with a single. After stealing second and third base, a sacrifice fly to center field was deep enough to drive in the runner. The Eagles lead grew to 12-4. A hit batter and a walk followed, but the Indians limited Holliday to just that one run.
Womack was hit by a pitch with two outs, but nothing more came of it.
In the sixth inning the Eagles added three more runs with three hits and a fielding error. Down 15-4, Nocona needed to score at least two runs to avoid being run ruled and play one inning more.
Hansard and Castro hit back-to-back one out singles again. Unfortunately, the lead runner was picked off at second base before the next batter grounded out to first base to end the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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