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Indians lose to Peaster 65-43

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The Nocona Indians faced a tough test in the bi-district round of the playoffs on Monday night facing state-ranked Peaster.
The explosive Greyhounds took advantage of a great start for them as they rolled to a 65-43 win, but the way the first quarter went it looked like it might have been much worse.
The Indians came in after beating Henrietta twice the previous week to get the final playoff seed and had an uphill battle ahead of them. Peaster came in rated fifth in the state, featuring a dangerous perimeter attack to make up for a lack of height.
The Greyhounds full court press started up and at first it seemed to shock Nocona. Coach Colby Schniederjan adjusted his lineup to get more ball handlers on the court at one time to try and combat it, but getting good shots proved tough early on.
Peaster was driving and kicking from the get go, making three 3-pointers while also driving to the rim against the now undersized Indians team.
The Greyhounds were up 21-4 heading into the second quarter, with no sign they were going to let up given their huge margin of victory wins.
Nocona settled down in the second quarter. While the team had started to break the press in the first quarter, settling down and trying to run a set against an aggressively jumpy team proved tough.
The Indians were able to get some touches to senior post Jason Sparkman, someone Peaster had no answer for as he either scored or got sent to the free throw line.
Nocona played Peaster about even in the second quarter, a good sign since the lead did not grow even more. It also meant the Indians did not make up much ground.
The Greyhounds led 36-16 heading into halftime.
The second half went much like the second quarter. The two teams played about even . Peaster continued to have no answer for Sparkman when he got his hands on the ball.
The undersized lineup fought its hardest to make up for it on the defensive end and make open shots on the offensive end. The Greyhounds offense just refused to slump for more than a minute or two while Nocona just could never get on a huge offensive kick to make up the 20 points it was down.
Peaster would win 65-43, but anyone watching the final three quarters while ignoring the score would have seen two teams going at it in an intense playoff game.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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Baseball Roundup

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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

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.

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