SPORTS
Indians go 0-2 at tournament; softball loses to Breckenridge
The Nocona Indians went 0-2 at the Walker Stallcup tournament last week.
The Indians lost to teams from S&S Consolidated and Bowie’s JV team.
Nocona first played S&S Conoslidated and lost 13-7. Eight fielding errors contributed to the amount of runs given up by the Indians. Only seven of the runs give up by pitchers Miguel Olivares and Wesley Murphey were earned.
Nino Rodriguez led the team with three RBIs on a bases clearing double. Matthew Page drove in two runs also on a double.
The game against Bowie’s JV team went wrong in the first inning. The Jackrabbits reeled off 10 runs in the opening inning and won 12-2 after three and half innings played.
Again it was the six fielding errors that that led to most of the runs. None of the 12 runs from Bowie were earned due to the errors.
Ty Presley and Oliveras got the hits for Nocona that eventually led to the two runs.
Softball
The Nocona Lady Indians lost a tough game against Breckenridge on Friday night.
The Lady Bucks won 17-1 in five innings against the Lady Indians.
Breckenridge scored five runs in each of the first two innings. Nocona did score in the fourth inning as Skye Kirby drove in Reagan Phipps to cut the lead to 10-1.
The Lady Bucks would then go on to score seven runs in the fifth inning make the score 17-1. Nocona had no answer offensively and game ended early due to run-rule.
The Lady Indians did a better job on defense with little fielding errors. Unfortunately, Breckenridge had 22 hits in the game.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
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Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
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Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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