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Nocona
The Nocona Indians won their first district game on Tuesday at City View.
The Indians won big 15-4 against the Mustangs in five innings due to run-rule.
Nocona did the most damage in the first inning. The first three runs were scored drawing walks with the bases loaded. Charlie Fuller then hit a single that drove in two runs. Kooper Hansard followed with an RBI single. Fuller would score on the basepaths thanks to an error from City View. Ty Presley then hit a single that drove in a run to make it 8-0.
Presley got the start on the mound and struck out three batters while walking one.
In the second inning, Hansard drove in a run on a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded for out two. Presley hit a fly ball that induced an error in centerfield that allowed two more runs to score and make it 11-0.
Despite a leadoff single from the Mustangs that later stole second base, the Nocona defense and Presley did not allow anything else to happen as the game moved to the third inning.
Three hit batters loaded the bases with two outs for the Indians. A drawn walk scored one run and Hansard hit a groundball to second base that induced an error that drove in two more runs to make the score 14-0.
City View batters continued to have no answer as Presley struck out three batters while hitting one to move the game to the fourth inning.
Anthony Torres hit a one out single. Two batters later, Matthew Page hit a groundball to second base that induced an error that drove in Torres to make the score 15-0.
The Mustangs showed some life as their leadoff was hit by a pitch and a single followed. Presley and the defense responded, striking out two batters and forcing a groundout at second base.
Nocona had no luck getting any runners on base in the fifth inning as its batters were sat down in order.
Presley was relieved on the mound for Miguel Olivares and later Fuller as both struggled in the final inning.
Four walks, a single and fielding error allowed two runs to score for City View. A wild pitch scored one more run. Presley was subbed back in and a wild pitch scored another run before he was able to strikeout the next three batters to end the game.
Nocona won 15-4.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers won against Poolville on Tuesday night at home.
The Panthers won 8-5 against the Monarchs after grabbing control in the second part of the game.
Saint Jo gave up two runs in the first inning thanks to fielding errors. The Panthers answered in the same inning as Collin Thomas scored thanks to an error at catcher. Kile Thurman then drove in a run on a sacrifice bunt that tied the game 2-2.
In the second inning, Poolville scored two runs on a single with the bases loaded to go up 4-2. Saint Jo again tied the game in the same inning. Matthew Butler-Everson hit a two RBI triple to make it 4-4.
After a scoreless third inning, the Panthers took the lead in the fourth inning. An error following a single from Butler-Everson allowed one run to score. Butler-Everson then was able to score on the basepaths thanks to an error at third base to make it 6-4 Saint Jo.
The Panthers scored two more in the fifth inning. Brice Durham scored on the paths thanks to an error by the catcher. Trevor Conner than hit a groundball to the pitcher that resulted in an error that scored another run to make it 8-4.
The Monarchs scored on run in the final inning on a single with a baserunner on third base to make it 8-5 before the final out.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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