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Nocona teams lose at Henrietta
Baseball
The Nocona Indians baseball team lost on Friday at Henrietta as they continue to struggle this season.
The Bearcats won 20-3 against the Indians in a game where the fielding errors really killed them.
Henrietta was up 9-0 after the first two innings when Nocona scored its first run. With two outs Wesley Murphey hit a single and Ty Presley drew a walk. An error trying to gather Anthony Torres’s single allowed Murphey to score and cut the lead to 9-1.
After several more big innings from Henrietta, the Indians found themselves down 20-1 and needing to score 10 or more runs to avoid getting run-ruled.
Murphey got on base with one out on a single. Presley followed with a walk and Torres drove him in again with a single. The throw home allowed both Presley and Torres to advance to third and second base.
An error by the catcher during the next at-bat allowed Presley to score and make it 20-3. Unfortunately, that would be all as two of the next three batters struck out to end the game.
Softball
The Nocona Lady Indians lost a close game on Friday at Henrietta.
The Lady Cats won 5-3, with most of their runs coming in the fifth inning to take the lead.
The Lady Indians were trying to shake off their last game where they gave up a big lead against rival Bowie in the final two innings that prevented them from getting their first district win.
Friday was another good shot by Nocona in getting that win.
Henrietta got the lead first on a fluke fly ball into the outfield. An error fielding it allowed the runner to come around and score, giving the Lady Cats a 1-0 lead in the second inning.
Nocona answered back in the fourth inning. Reagan Phipps and Avery Crutsinger drew walks with one out. Raylee Sparkman then hit a single into right field that drove in one run.
Two batters later, Katy Barrett hit a single that drove in Crutsinger to take the lead 2-1. Sparkman was also waived home, but was thrown out to prevent another run from scoring.
The Lady Indians added to their lead in the fifth inning. Tobie Cable hit a double with one out. She would then steal third base and later score on a passed ball to make it 3-1.
Henrietta would then comeback in the same inning. The Lady Cats hit a two-RBI triple to first tie the score before a single followed to drive in that run and give Henrietta a lead. Three batters later, single drove in another run to make it 5-3.
Nocona was able to get at least one runner on base in both the sixth and seventh inning, but could not come back to retake the lead.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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