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The cross country season started for four county schools on Wednesday at Nocona’s hosted meet at Indian Oaks Golf Course.
Along with the host school, teams and runners from Bowie, Saint Jo and Forestburg competed along with eight other schools.
The Jackrabbit boys had the highest team finish of the day sitting in third place. Sebastian Martinez finished first for Bowie in 14th place with a time of 19:26.
The Jackrabbits top five finishers also included Ignacio Saucedo (20), James Allison (27) Nathan Rodgers (28) and Tyler Malone (33).
Coach Andy Atkins was pleased with the team overall, but knows it is just the beginning.
“We are not near where we want to be, but I think we are actually further along than last year,” Atkins said.0 “It was good to get that first race under our belts.”
The Nocona boy’s team finished right behind the Jackrabbits in fourth place. Freddy Duran finished first for the Indians in 15th place with a time of 19:30.
Among the other top five finishers that scored for Nocona includes Alex Stephens (24), Frank Espinoza (30), Adam Meekins (36) and Claudio Segura (37).
Coach Colby Schniederjan was proud of his mostly young team, some competing in their first high school meet.
“We are getting back in the groove of race strategy and our conditioning is still a work in progress but all things considered, I am pleased.
“Our first meet times were competitive and a great starting point to build on,” Schniederjan said. “If the kids continue to work as hard as they have, I could see this team being very competitive late in the year.”
Saint Jo’s boy’s team finished seventh, though top runner Collin Thomas was the fastest runner of the day in the race. The two-time state qualifier finished fifth overall with a time of 18:28.
The Panthers top five runners also included Devin Stewart (23), Joshua Vogel (26), Jayden Curry (44) and Brice Durham (61).
In the girl’s race, Nocona finished sixth as a team. Top runner Allie Brown finished second overall with a time of 13:09.
The Lady Indians top five runners also included Graci Brown (15), Melissa Segura (38), Natalie Pirkey (61) and Honey Walker (64). Coach Kyle Spitzer thought it was a good starting point for his team as many of the runners this year are new to varsity.
The Bowie girl’s team finished seventh overall with Samantha Clarke finishing first for the team in seventh place with a time of 13:35.
The Lady Rabbits top five finishers included Laisha Johnson (43), Jojo Villarreal (48), Nye Perez (49) and Hadley Morris (51).
Atkins praised Clarke for her top 10 finish and has hopes she can advance past district this year.
Saint Jo and Forestburg both had one girl compete individually. The Lady Panthers Aubrey Morman finished 47th and had a time of 16:16 in her first high school race. The Lady Horns Justynne Roller finished 66th with a time of 17:30.
Bowie, Nocona and Forestburg will be competing in the same meet next week at the Endurance House Invitational at Lucy Park in Wichita Falls on Sept. 8.
Saint Jo is next scheduled to compete at a meet at Decatur High School on Sept. 11.

To see results for all runners from Montague County, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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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.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

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