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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started district play on Friday with a win against Poolville at home.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Monarchs.
Nocona won each set with little drama with the set scores being 25-14, 25-15 and 25-12. The win kept up the Lady Indians recent stretch of good play as Nocona has now won nine games in a row as the young team seems to be peaking at the right time.
Skyler Smith led the team with 10 kills and was second with eight assists. Megyn Meekins had a team high 11 assists and two service aces to go with eight kills.

Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers and Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs started off district play on Friday night against the other.
It was the state-ranked Lady Panthers who took the win in straight sets on the road.
Saint Jo won with set scores 25-9, 25-20 and 25-12.
The last five years the teams have been in different district’s, but have always ended up playing the other in the playoffs and ending the other’s season.
The programs have traded wins each year with Saint Jo winning in 2018 and 2020 and Prairie Valley winning in 2019 and last year 2021.
This year the Lady Panthers returned the favor at least in the first match.
Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman led the team with 10 kills and six service aces. Kayden Skidmore had a team high 17 assists to go with four aces. Payzlie Cervantes was second with six kills and Maxey Johnson was second with nine assists. Taylor Patrick led the team with 10 digs.

Gold-Burg vs Forestburg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears started district with a win at Forestburg on Friday night.
The Lady Bears won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Horns.
Gold-Burg won with set scores being 25-18, 25-7 and 25-13.
Lady Bear Coach Cheryl Cromleigh had particular praise for some of her players that did some heavy lifting in the win.
“My outside hitter Sadie Whitaker probably had her best game ever as well as my middle Sadie Weaver,” Cromleigh said. “They were really on that night. The team served and played outstanding as a team after they settled down and got their rhythm.”

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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.

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