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Nocona beats Lady Rabbits 41-33
The Nocona Lady Indians were able to bounce back in the second half to beat rival Bowie on Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Indians won 41-33 against the Lady Rabbits to stay first place in the district heading into their final regular season game.
Nocona came into the game as the favorites as the undefeated district leader as well as being ranked 12th in the state. Bowie showed in the first game it had no fear, pushing the Lady Indians at home and making the game closer than the final score 60-52 would have people believe.
The Lady Rabbits were playing in their final regular season game before heading into the playoffs. Outside of school pride, a win would give Bowie the slight chance to possibly move up to second in the district standings if City View would have upset Holliday.
The first quarter was low scoring and competitive. The Lady Indians took a page from their adjustment late in the first game and were denying Bowie’s Maddie Mandela the ball when she did not have it. They also tried to do it to Taygon Jones, but were less successful since she usually brought the ball up.
They both scored a basket in the first quarter along with Neely Price and Ziba Robbins off the bench.
The Lady Indians also got their own taste of it with Bowie trying to deny Megyn Meekins. She scored four points as four different players scored a basket for Nocona as the team led 11-9 after the first quarter.
Bowie’s defense did a better job in the second quarter, allowing only an early basket from Stephany Gutierrez and a long 3-pointer at the buzzer from Raylee Sparkman the entire quarter.
The Lady Rabbits did not have much luck scoring themselves, getting 3-pointers from Mandela and Price while also getting Kayleigh Crow off the bench to score on a 3-point play.
This allowed Bowie to take the lead 18-16 heading into halftime against a bewildered Nocona team.
The Lady Indians started to be more team friendly on offense in the third quarter as the ball moved more. This allowed Nocona to score off of off the ball movement as opposed to isolations.
Bowie was still making the Lady Indians work for every basket, but unfortunately for the Lady Rabbits their own offense was stuck in the mud.
Jones was able to brute force her way into a layup and free throw attempts to score four points and Addie Farris made both of her free throw attempts, but nothing else happened offensively for Bowie.
Nocona retook the lead, but it was still close 27-24 heading into the fourth quarter.
Early in the final period saw the Lady Indians offense showed flashes of what they did to opponents. Back-to-back sequence saw Nocona’s Reagan Phipps leak out early and score on uncontested layups in transition following a miss.
With a couple of more baskets from Raylee Sparkman and Karlee Brown, Nocona opened up its lead to 36-26 with 5:30 left to play. Not long after the Lady Indians started to stall.
With out a lot of fouls called in the half this meant Bowie had to foul several times before it started to send Nocona to the free throw line. While also trying to steal the ball, this took a lot of time off the clock.
During this time, Mandela fouled out for Bowie with three minutes still to play.
The Lady Rabbits made a late 3-pointer and Nocona did not do a great job of making its free throws late in the game, but it was enough to close out the game with little drama.
The Lady Indians won 41-33.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers picked up a high-scoring win against Perrin-Whitt on Thursday to get their second straight district win and some revenge.
The Lady Panthers won 35-20 against the Lady Pirates, nearly equaling the total when both programs played on the gridiron during the fall.
Saint Jo was coming off a big win the previous week against Bryson, but had lost the last time it played Perrin-Whitt by 10 runs in another high-scoring game.
The Lady Panthers did not start the game off well, allowing 11 runs in the top of the first inning before they had even gotten a chance to bat yet.
Most teams would crumble, but Saint Jo fought back slowly at first before picking things up.
The Lady Panthers scored three runs in the first inning to cut the lead to 11-3.
Perrin-Whitt added four more runs in the second inning to go up 15-3, which in most games is insurmountable.
Saint Jo answered with eight runs in the bottom of the second inning, cutting the lead to 15-11.
The Lady Pirates scored five runs in the third inning and went up by nine runs 20-11. Then the Lady Panthers had a monster offensive inning that went on for awhile.
Saint Jo scored 18 runs in the third inning, not only getting its first lead, but going up by nearly double-digits 29-20.
The Lady Panthers had the momentum and it showed on defense in the fourth inning, allowing no runs for the first time all game by either team.
Saint Jo then went for the kill, scoring six runs to end the game early due to run-rule with the final score being 35-20.
Mercedes Diaz led the team with seven RBIs as she hit one of the two home runs for the Lady Panthers, with the other going to Lily Cook. Maxey Johnson was right behind with six RBIs and Kamron Skidmore had four.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started the second round of district with a dominant win against Era on Monday.
The Lady Indians won 16-0 after four innings, winning by run-rule against the Lady Hornets.
Nocona went 3-2 in the first round of district, only losing to big dogs Lindsay and Muenster. The first time the Lady Indians had played Era, it had been a close 5-2 win for Nocona so the team knew it had to come to play.
The Lady Indians started off well, scoring five runs in the first inning to take the early lead. Nocona added three runs during the next two innings to go up 8-0 as the Lady Indian defense shut down the Lady Hornets.
Nocona then went for the kill, scoring eight runs in the fourth inning to end the game early, winning 16-0.
Reagan Phipps and Tinley Cable each had home runs. Phipps had a team high three RBIs while Cable, Heidi Atteberry and Gwyndelyn Forsyth each finished with two RBIs.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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