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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians stayed undefeated in district with a big, statement win on the road at Windthorst.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Trojans 51-27 in a game between the two dominant unbeaten teams in district so far.
Nocona came in as the favorite, ranked sixth in the state in 2A in the most recent Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll. All of its three district wins had been by 31, 59 and 67 points so far.
Windthorst did not come into district play ranked in any polls this season, but the Lady Trojans have been dominant as well, with wins by 38, 50 and 61 points.
If anyone in district was going to make the Lady Indians sweat or think about pulling an upset for the ages, it would be Windthorst at home.
The first quarter was pretty competitive, as Nocona led only 13-7. This set up a trend where the Lady Indians offense never seemed to fully break out and make shots they are used to making, especially when Windthorst switched to a zone for the final three quarters.
But Nocona’s defense more than made up for it as the Lady Trojans were never able to get anything going as well. The Lady Indians limited Windthorst to single-digit quarter totals for the whole game.
Nocona led 27-15 at halftime.
The third quarter saw the Lady Indians get out in transition more than they had all game and seemingly put the game out of reach from early on. While the quarter totals were not much different from the first half, Nocona’s lead did continue to grow and grow as the game went along.
The Lady Indians won 51-27.
Meg Meekins led the team with 15 points and eight assists. Skyler Smith finished with a double-double, scoring 13 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.
Jolie Rose came off the bench and scored 11 points while making three 3-pointers.

Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won at home against Bellevue to stay undefeated in district play.
The Lady Panthers won 62-40 as they pulled ahead in the third quarter after a close first half.
Saint Jo came into the second round of district play undefeated at 5-0 and sitting in first place and coming off a dominant win against Prairie Valley.
The Lady Eagles were 2-3 after the first round, beating a Midway team the previous week in one-sided fashion.
The first game between the teams a month previous was close and the first half proved to be more of that on Tuesday.
It was fast paced, physical, full-court press style defenses from both teams who were looking to score in transition off of turnovers.
Saint Jo led only by one basket 29-26 at halftime.
It was the Lady Panthers that made the key changes at halftime to pull ahead. Saint Jo cleaned up its turnovers and made personal adjustments. After 15 turnovers in the first half, the Lady Panthers only had four in the crucial third quarter.
That allowed Saint Jo to outscored Bellevue 22-2 in the third quarter alone. What was a one-score game turned into a route, even with the Lady Eagles recovering to score a respectful 12 points in the four quarter.
The Lady Panthers won 62-40.

Missing scores
Bowie girls had a bye game earlier in the week. Gold-Burg girls have canceled its season for having too few players.

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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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