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Both Nocona teams do well at holiday tournaments

Nocona boys
The Nocona Indians had a good showing at the Bridgeport Holiday Classic tournament last week.
The Indians went 3-1 as they tried to get back into the groove of things following the holiday break.
Nocona started the tournament playing fellow Montague County team Gold-Burg. The bigger Indian team dominated, winning 84-36 to start the tournament off on the right foot.
Nocona then played tournament host Bridgeport. The Bulls had high scoring second and third quarters to pull away from the Indians. Nocona answered in the fourth quarter with its highest scoring quarter of the game, but just could not get enough stops on defense to come back. Bridgeport won 68-61 to end day one.
The second day the Indians played a competitive game against Boyd. After holding a one-point lead at halftime, Nocona came out in the third quarter and had an explosive quarter to pull ahead by double-digits.
The Yellowjackets made a dent in that lead in the fourth quarter, but the Indians held on to win 67-60.
Nocona then ended the tournament on a high note by blowing out Lake Worth. Four of the Indians five starters finished in double-figures as Nocona got out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter. The Indians won easily 63-34.
Nocona girls
The Nocona Lady Indians played in their toughest tournament of the season at Saginaw’s Championship Basketball tournament.
The Lady Indians went 2-2 and finished fourth overall while playing some of the toughest teams they will see all season.
Nocona first played Nazareth, the defending 1A state champions which has won 25 state titles and is currently ranked in the top 10 this year.
The Lady Indians defense led the way, limiting the Lady Swifts to less than double-digit point totals in three of the four quarters. Nocona won easily 64-38.
The Lady Indians next played an underrated 3A Shallowater team. While the Lady Mustangs aren’t ranked on any polls, they have picked up some impressive wins recently against several teams that are.
Shallowater proved it as the team hung with Nocona in the first half. A good third quarter put the Lady Indians up by double-digits. A late rally from the Lady Mustangs nearly saw Shallowater sneak back at the end, but the Lady Indians just held on to win 56-54.
Nocona then played one of the top ranked teams in 3A Jim Ned. The Lady Indians were playing from behind the entire game. The first half was high scoring for both teams, though the Jim Ned was ahead by double-digits at halftime.
The second half saw the pace get dragged down to a crawl as neither team scored in double-figures in the final two quarters. This limited Nocona’s chance to come back as Jim Ned won 57-40.
The Lady Indians then played one of the top ranked teams in 4A Sunnyvale in their final game, with the winner earning third place.
Nocona had trouble scoring against the Lady Raiders, only scoring in double-digits in one out of the four quarters in the game.
The Lady Indians could not keep Sunnyvale from scoring to keep the game close as the Lady Raiders lead grew.
In the end, Sunnyvale won 52-38.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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.
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