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Teams from Nocona and Saint Jo competed at Muenster on Wednesday in both team’s final meet before district.
The Nocona boy’s team finished third while the Saint Jo boy’s and Lady Indians both finished fourth.
The Indians team was led by Freddy Duran who finished 10th overall with a time of 19:53. Nocona’s top five runners also included Alex Stephens (19), Claudio Segura (21), Frank Espinoza (22) and Ivan Hernandez (24).
Coach Colby Schniederjan was proud of how his team ran and feels good about his teams chances heading into district.
“We strictly ran individual races, as there were no teams that we needed to compete against,” Schniederjan said. “We were able to improve times and fine tune our individual strategies before district. Our team feels confident going into the district race on Monday. We have seen everyone and feel competitive with our best times. We just need to run confidently on Monday and advancing will take care of itself.”
The Lady Indians were led by Allis Brown who finished second overall with a time of 12:48. The Nocona girl’s top five runners included Jayce Rose (14), Graci Brown (19), Melissa Segura (29) and Jacie Pirkey (32).
Coach Kyle Spitzer knows his girls have more in them and hopes they show it at the district meet.
“I thought we ran well,” Spitzer said. “We have still not reached our ceiling. I think we’re getting closer, but hopefully we can do that at Holliday on Monday.”
The Saint Jo boy’s team was led by Collin Thomas who finished first overall with a time of 19:08. The Panther’s top five runners also included Devin Stewart (20), Kile Thurman (23), Joshua Vogel (31) and Brice Durham (34).
Saint Jo had two girls compete as well. Aubrey Morman finished 40th with a time of 16:03 while Kate Sherwin finished 55th.
Coach Lyndon Cook liked what he saw from two time state qualifier Thomas getting his first gold medal of the season, but is also feeling good looking at his team as a whole.
“We had three guys run new personal records with Brice Durham, Logan Hoover and Mathew Sampson all running the best times of their career, so it was a great final tune up with district next week,” Cook said. “It’s going to be a very competitive district meet so I’m looking forward to next Wednesday.”
Saint Jo’s district meet is scheduled for Oct. 13 at Bowie’s Pellham Park.

To see results from all high school runners from Nocona and Saint Jo, 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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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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