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Indians win rematch at Bowie

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In a rematch between Bowie and Nocona boy’s basketball teams on Tuesday, a controversial late call seemed to turn the tide.
The Indians avenged their earlier loss to the Jackrabbits, winning 45-38 at Bowie’s court in a similar physical game.
Up until the fourth quarter it had been a back-and-forth affair with neither team establishing any sort of big lead.
With Bowie up 32-30 with 3:36 left in the game, there was a tussle on the ground for a loose ball. The whistle sounded and there was some extra curricular stuff after the play. After some confusion, a foul call and a technical foul were issued against the Jackrabbits.
Because the Indians were already in the bonus, they were awarded four free throws and the ball.
Senior guard Landry McCasland then stepped up to make all four free throws to give Nocona the lead 34-32. After running some clock with the lead, the Jackrabbits were forced to foul. Younger brother Brady McCasland then stepped up and made both of his free throws to give the Indians a 36-32 lead with three minutes to play.
Nocona would go on to make nine of its next 12 free throw attempts in the final minutes to ice the game as Bowie just did not make enough shots down the stretch to come back.
The game was physical and tense throughout. Despite the intentional free throws at the end of the game, free throws were not give out freely for most of the night which allowed both teams defenses to aggressively contest.
This led to the Jackrabbits leading only 6-5 after the first quarter.
The Indians started to try and attack in isolation with both McCasland brothers finding crafty ways to penetrate and get up shots and even drawing some of those elusive free throws. Nocona led 18-14 at halftime.
Bowie made a couple of shots in the third quarter that did not come regularly in the first half. Drew Weber and Cade Thompson each made 3-pointers while combining to score 11 of the team’s 14 points during the quarter.
The Jackrabbits continued to have trouble with anyone with the last name McCasland, as both brothers combined to score nine of the team’s 10 points in the third quarter. The score was tied at 28-28 heading into the fourth quarter.

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Bowie Baseball Interview

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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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