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Nocona softball plays tournament

The Nocona Lady Indians softball team traveled to Jacksboro to play in its first tournament of the season.
With their first time playing big competition over the course of three days, the Lady Indians struggled a bit going 1-4.
Nocona first played Paradise on Thursday. The Lady Panthers took it to the Lady Indians getting up 9-0 in two innings before the game was called early. A highlight included Kycelynn Contreras hitting a double in her only at bat.
Not long after that in the same afternoon Nocona had to turn around and Northside.
The Lady Indians fell behind as Northside scored two runs in the first inning. Nocona cut the lead to 2-1 in the third inning as Tobie Cable drove in Laney Yates with a single.
Unfortunately, Northside answered with its own run to go up 3-1 and the game was called after the inning.
Friday proved to be a better day for the Lady Indians. They first played Lake Worth in the morning and started off great.
Nocona scored five runs to lead off the game. The Lady Bullfrogs came back in the second and cut the lead to 5-4.
The Indians answered in the third inning, going on another scoring tear and scoring five runs to go back up big 10-4.
Lake Worth scored one run in response, but that was all. The game was game was called after the third inning as Nocona won its first game of the tournament 10-5.
A highlight included Jessica Dingler driving in four runs.
The Lady Indians next played Muenster. The Lady Hornets started strong scoring three runs in the first inning. Nocona got out of the inning with the lead, scoring five runs in response to take a 5-3 lead.
Muenster responded in the second inning scoring three more runs to take a 6-5 lead. Unfortunately, the Lady Indians could not score the next two innings. The game was called after three innings and Nocona lost the close game.
A highlight including Katy Barrett driving in a run as most of the Lady Indians’ runs came on the base paths.
Nocona ended the tournament on Saturday against Mineral Wells. The Lady Rams took a scored one run to start the game, but the Lady Indians responded with two runs to take a 2-1 lead.
Mineral Wells scored four runs in the second to take back the lead, but Nocona cut the lead to one run 5-4 heading into the third inning. The Lady Rams scored six runs the next two innings while the Lady Indians failed to score and the game was called after four innings, Nocona losing 11-4.
Highlights included Dingler driving in two runs on a double and Cable driving in a run with a triple.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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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