SPORTS
Nocona softball loses
The Nocona softball team lost to Henrietta on Friday and a non-district game against Lindsay on Saturday.
The Lady Indians lost 8-2 against the Lady Cats and 17-10 against the Lady Knights.
Henrietta scored runs in the second, third and fifth inning and was up 8-0.
Jenna McBride led off for Nocona in the fifth inning, getting on base thanks to an error at second base.
After a strike out, Laci Stone then hit a triple to drive her in. This followed by Kamryn Weaver hitting a single to drive in Stone, making the score 8-2.
That would be the end of the scoring. The next two batters would strike out and the game ended.
Nocona would then play Lindsay at home on Saturday. The Lady Indians struck first as Stone induced an error at third base that allowed Katy Barrett to score and take a 1-0 lead.
The Lady Knights would answer in the second inning as a solo home run and an RBI single allowed them to take the lead 2-1.
Nocona’s Tobi Cable hit her own solo home run to lead off the bottom of the second inning to tie the score 2-2.
Lindsay added two runs in the third inning thanks to an error and a sacrifice fly ball to lead 4-2. Cable would drive in a run on a double to cut the lead to 4-3.
In the fourth inning the Lady Indians would take the lead back. Barrett scored on a passed ball and Laney Yates would drive in Stone on a single to make the score 5-4.
Unfortunately, the fifth inning would be where the game turned. The Lady Knights scored nine runs as they took back the lead in a big way up 13-5.
The teams would exchange one run in the sixth inng with Nocona’s Natalie Pirkey scoring on a passed ball to make it 14-6.
Lindsay added three runs in the seventh inning setting its margin for victory high up 17-6 with the Lady Indians final at-bats.
With the bases loaded Paige James drew a walk that scored Cobi Womack. Yates grounded into a fielder’s choice for another run.
Cable drew a walk that scored Pirkey. An error by the pitcher allowed Yates to score, cutting the lead to 17-10.
Unfortunately, that is as close Nocona would get. The next batter grounded out to second base to end the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Jackrabbits
A day after football season ended and the Bowie boy’s basketball team played its first game of the season and is working towards a new goal this season.
The Jackrabbits lost that first game against Sanger on Nov. 9, 70-36 before bouncing back a few days later after some practice to beat Bridgeport on Nov. 12, 56-51.
Bowie comes into this season after falling just short of making the playoffs last season.
The team graduated two of its three double-digit scorers along with an experienced post player from its starting rotation last season.
Rayder Mann is the team’s most proven scorer from last season, but other players will be counted on to step up according to Coach Ryan Dykes, who enters his second season at Bowie.
“Rayder Mann and Bradly Horton will need to be the floor generals for us to be successful,” Dykes said. “Boston Farris will be counted on to be a productive player and Gaige Goodman will need to be a factor in the paint on both the offensive and defensive end.”
In the first game against Sanger, Mann led the team with 13 points while Goodman was second with eight points.
The offense was much better overall against Bridgeport. Horton had 15 points, Mann had 14 points and Farris had nine points as Bowie scored in double-digits in every quarter of the game.
Lady Rabbits
In the second week of the season the Bowie Lady Rabbits had up and down performances.
The Lady Rabbits lost at Bridgeport on Nov. 9, 68-30 but bounced back to win at home on Nov. 12 against Boyd 55-42.
Against Bridgeport, Bowie gave up too many three-pointers on defense as the Sissies made 12 in the game.
It was too much for the Lady Rabbits to keep up with.
Parker Riddle led the team with 14 points while Payton Holt was second with five points.
The offense was more successful overall and balanced against Boyd, pulling away in the second half. Hanna Bell led the team with 13 points while Holt was second with eight points and Lanie Moore had seven points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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