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Softball season starts

Bowie
Bowie softball officially started its season on Monday with a game at Valley View.
In a high scoring game, the Lady Eagles came back in later innings to win 20-10.
The Lady Rabbits got out to a quick start as Gracie Bentley hit a 3-run home run to get things going. Two more runs were scored on the base paths from Layla Felts and Kylie Fleming.
After Valley View cut the lead to 5-3 heading into the second inning, Bowie put up five more runs in the second inning.
Bentley drove in two runs on a single, Kenzie Short scored on an error, Felts drove in a run on a fielder’s choice bunt and Fleming scored on a throwing error.
Up 10-3, heading into the third inning, things looked good for the Lady Rabbits as they looked poised to win big
Unfortunately, that was all the scoring for the rest of the game as the Lady Eagles scored 17 runs in the next four innings, before winning 20-10.
Bowie can only move on as it gets tested this weekend at the Jacksboro tournament.
Nocona vs Saint Jo
The Nocona Lady Indians hosted Saint Jo on Monday to officially kick-off the softball season.
The Lady Indians made quick work of the smaller and less experienced Lady Panthers, winning by run rule after three innings 20-0.
Seven different Nocona players drove in runs, led by senior Kycelynn Contreras who drove in five, including a home run. Jenna McBride was second with four RBIs as she hit a grandslam.
On the mound Laci Stone pitched three perfect innings as she struck out seven.
The Lady Indians hope to build on what they started last year as they return all but two of their starters from last year. Even with a young and mostly inexperienced team last year, the team won some games and were generally more competitive that it has been in recent years.
Last year’s assistant Coach Heather Nobile is taking over as head coach this year. It is still a young group with only two seniors in Contreras and Koryahna Ramsey, but Nobile hopes those two as well as junior pitcher Stone can take the reins and continue the last year’s upward trend.
One thing that looks good for the future is the existence of a junior varsity team for this program. Nocona will face its first big test this weekend at the Jacksboro tournament. The Lady Indians next play at Seymour at 5 p.m. on Jan. 25.
For Saint Jo, Monday’s game was the first for the program in about a decade. According to what Coach Jamie Vincent could find, the Lady Panthers had softball from 2007 until it ended in 2010.
This year there was enough interest the program started back up. With the recent success the baseball program has had with its return in the last five years, there is hope this program can one day rise to those standards.
This first year will be played on an outlaw schedule, meaning the school has no district games or hopes of a playoff berth. While there are some girls on the team who have many years of softball experience that will be counted on by Vincent, many more are picking up the sport for the first time meaning there will be some growing pains.
Vincent said he is most looking forward to teaching his girls the game as they gain experience with the fundamentals and game situations.
The Lady Panther’s next play at Muenster at 5 p.m. on Feb. 25.
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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.
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