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The Nocona basketball teams had drastically different types of games on Friday as they traveled to Henrietta.
The Lady Indians won a one-sided game 64-32 while the Indians lost another heartbreaker 43-42.
The Nocona girl’s basketball team came in confident, having beaten the Lady Cats by more than 30 points in the first matchup and sitting atop the district standings undefeated.
The Lady Indians led 13-6 after the first quarter, but let Henrietta hang around in the second quarter.
“We did not start the game with the sense of urgency we needed too, which led to Henrietta having a big second quarter,” Coach Kyle Spitzer said.
The Lady Cats scored 16 points in the quarter and trailed only 30-22 heading into halftime.
Nocona turned up the defensive intensity in the second half. Henrietta only scored 10 points combined in the second half while the Lady Indians continto score in bunches as they pulled away in the second half.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 33 points while Karlee Brown also scored in double-digits with 10 points. The team shot well as Nocona made seven 3-pointers.
The Nocona boy’s started the game well, but the Bearcats took a 22-21 lead at halftime. The Indians played good in the third quarter and led 34-27 heading into the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, Henrietta was able to make some things happen, enough to pull out the one point win 44-43.
The loss is the second straight for Nocona by one point. Jason Sparkman led the team with 15 points while Cesar Gutierrez joined him in double figures with 11 points.
Only Childress got through unscathed as every other team has beaten up on the other with no rhyme or reason to the outcome. Nocona is still in a good spot, but is this close from being in second place with a 4-1 record.
Nothing to do now but keep moving forward as the Indians have the ability to play with and beat any team in district. Nocona travels to Childress to play at 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 7.

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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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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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