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Lady Indians win at Bowie 54-43
The Nocona Lady Indians hoped to keep their one game lead at the top of the district intact as they traveled to district and county rival Bowie on Friday.
Thanks to some lock down defense in the second half, the Lady Indians pulled away to win the game 54-43.
Both teams desperately needed wins heading into the game for different reasons. The Lady Rabbits were coming off their second district loss at Holliday. Another loss would put hopes for competing for the district title up to a lot of chance.
For Nocona, the Lady Indians were fresh off beating the only other undefeated team in the district, Childress, in an overtime game. A loss would be their first in district play.
The first quarter saw Bowie come out firing, going up 5-0 in the first minute. The Lady Rabbits were making perimeter shots and were able to feed post Hope Jones.
Nocona was not able to make many shots from outside, but were finding ways to the basket and were rewarded with free throws. The Lady Indians attempted 12 free throws in the first quarter, getting some players from Bowie in foul trouble in the process.
At the end, Nocona led only 16-15 heading into the second quarter.
It was back and forth. Midway through with the score tied at 24-24, the Lady Indians leading scorer Averee Kleinhans picked up her third foul. She has a history of getting into foul trouble in the past that has not really been an issue this year, but Coach Kyle Spitzer still elected to sit her for the rest of the quarter.
The Lady Rabbits felt like this was the moment to pull ahead. Even with point guard Brysen Richey and Jones also picking up their third fouls, Coach Joe Crabb hoped his team would get a little bit of a separation.
That did not happen and Nocona led at halftime 29-28 thanks to continuing to attack the rim and some success on the offensive glass.
In the third quarter, the Lady Indians picked up the intensity on defense. This did not result in many turnovers, but Bowie’s offensive success it had had in the first half was not present. The Lady Rabbits did not score until more than midway through the quarter on a 3-pointer.
Meanwhile, Kleinhans started to heat up from the perimeter. She scored nine points in the quarter, including a heavily contested step-back 3-pointer. Along with baskets from post players Karlee Brown and Stephany Guiterrez, Nocona’s lead got a little more breathing room.
Only thanks to some quick baskets from Bowie’s Jayci Logan at the end of the quarter was the Lady Indians lead not in the double digits as Nocona led 43-35 heading into the fourth.
In the opening seconds of the quarter, Kleinhans picked up her fourth foul. One more and she would be out of the game. This time, Sptizer elected to keep her in after adjusting his defense a bit and trusting she would not pick up her fifth foul.
Nocona ran some clock off at various times throughout the quarter. Bowie tried to press them to speed the game back up, but to no avail.
The Lady Indians lead grew slightly while the Lady Rabbits could not make up enough ground to get back into the game. Nocona would win 54-43.
Both teams start the second round of district play this week. Bowies hosts Childress at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31. The Lady Indians travel to Henrietta to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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