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Nocona baseball falls to Holliday
The Nocona baseball team felt the full force of state-ranked Holliday on Friday.
The Eagles won 21-0 thanks mostly to a third inning the Indians can only hope to forget.
Nocona had trouble in the first inning getting much contact on Holliday’s pitches. All three batters struck out.
The Indians looked to start the game well on defense as the first two batters were retired with little drama. Then the Eagles’ power hitter hit a solo home run to score the games first run.
A drawn walk followed and it looked like it might snowball into a two out rally. Fortunately, pitcher Wesley Murphey forced a ground out before things got out of hand.
Murphey followed it up with his bat in the second inning as he led off with a single.
Unfortunately, he would be picked off trying to steal second base before he could threaten the defense. The next two batters were retired with a groundout and a strike out.
Holliday would score four runs next to extend its lead to 5-0. The Eagles had two base hits while taking advantage of two fielding errors and one hit batter.
Nocona hoped it could respond in the third inning, but its batters continued to have trouble making much contact as all three struck out.
The third inning on defense for the Indians became one long, bad nightmare that never got better.
The Eagles scored 15 runs in the inning before the third out to make the lead 21-0. Holliday piled on 11 hits during the inning, but also got help with five free bases given up and three fielding errors.
Nocona only hoped it could salvage any good points with the game essentially over.
Trey Pepper got on base by getting hit by a pitch. A batter later, Murphey drew a walk to put two base runners on with two outs. Unfortunately, the next batter flew out to center field.
The Eagles looked like they might add more runs as they loaded the bases up with two drawn walks and a fielding error. Thankfully, the Indians Ty Presley struck out the next batter to avoid any more runs.
Nocona would need to score 12 runs or more to avoid getting run ruled. Vinit Patel was able to get on base to lead off the inning thanks to a fielding error from Holliday.
A ground out advanced him to second base and a strike out put two outs on the board. Miguel Olivares then drew a walk to put two runners on base, but that was followed with a strike out to end the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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