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The Nocona Indians baseball team played in its first tournament they also hosted last week.
Despite weather issues making games change venues on Thursday, the tournament was a success while the Indians went 1-2 during the three days.
Nocona first played Iowa Park. The teams were tied 2-2 after two innings, but the Hawks would score seven runs in the next two innings to pull away, winning 9-4.
Highlights included Anthony Veitenheimer hitting a triple, Colton Evans and Cesar Guitterrez stealing two bases each, and Kooper Hansard striking out nine batters in three innings of work on the mound.
The Indians would have better success against Electra. Nocona would take advantage of nine free bases and the inability of the Tigers to keep them from stealing bases. The Indians would steal 15 bases.
Nocona scored five runs to gain the lead in the first inning and never looked back. Electra would do a better job of containing the Indians in the following innings, but only once did Nocona not score at least one run in the following four innings.
The Indians would win by run rule after five innings with the score 11-1.
Team leaders included Miguel Oliveras and Vin Patel each driving in two runners apiece. Oliveras also swiped a team high four bases. On the mound, Carlos Castro only allowed three hits, one run and did not walk any batters in four innings of work.
Things would be flipped on their head the next day as Nocona ended the tournament against a good Ponder team. The Lions hit the ball hard for three innings as the runs stacked up.
The Indians were not giving away free bases or committing errors in the field, Ponder was just hitting the ball all over the place. The Lions would win 14-3 after three innings.
Leaders for Nocona included Adam Meekins driving in two runs on a triple in the third inning. On defense the pitching staff walked only one batter and did not commit any errors while fielding.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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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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