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The Nocona baseball team did well playing three games in two days on Thursday and Friday.
The Indians went 2-1 in their final games before opening district play.
Nocona first played Perrin-Whitt on Thursday night. The Indians started the game strong scoring three runs in the first inning thanks to RBIs from Wesley Murphey, Carlos Castro and Ty Presley.
Nocona added one more in the second inning thanks to a Colton Russell single that extended the lead to 4-0. The Pirates came back scoring two runs in the third inning to cut the score to 4-2.
After that the Indians held on to win by that score after six innings.
Vinit Patel got the start on the mound struck out five batters and allowed two hits and no runs in three innings pitched.
Nocona then played Paradise in the early afternoon on Friday. Despite being only four innings, it was a high scoring game.
The Wildcats scored four runs in the second inning to take the lead. The Indians scored two runs in the same inning thanks to an RBI double from Castro and a drawn walk from Trey Pepper with the bases loaded.
Paradise continued to score runs adding two in the third and five in the fourth inning. It was a pace Nocona could not keep up with, though the Indians did score two more runs in the final inning on a Murphey double with the bases loaded. Nocona would lose 11-4.
The Indians would end Friday on a good note against Hirschi. The two teams exchanged one run each in the first inning, with Patel driving in Pepper on a single.
Nocona would then have a big second inning with a little help from the Huskies. The Indians scored seven runs in the inning thanks to five hits, four fielding errors from Hirschi and one hit batter.
Nocona’s lead was 8-1 after the second inning and was able to keep that score for the final five innings to win.
Patel, Russell, Murphey and Kooper Hansard each drove in a run each. Hansard got the start on the mound and struck out seven batters while giving up two hits and one run through five innings.

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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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