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Nocona
The Nocona Indians won another close game against Seymour on Tuesday night on the road.
The Indians won 36-34, which was their second low-scoring win against the Panthers this season.
Nocona came into the game 5-0 after the first round of district, but knew Tuesday was important. Seymour was the closest game of the first round and the Indians had barely won 29-28 at home.
Nocona also was missing a senior starter as Johnny Stone was missing his final game from suspension after his on-court altercation back against Olney meant he missed three games.
The Panthers only loss in the first round of district was against the Indians. With the home crowd on its side, Seymour was hoping to even the score.
Nocona fell behind early thanks to foul issues as Seymour led 12-10 after the first quarter. The second quarter was the most low-scoring of the game as the Indians scored only one basket and the Panthers made only three.
Seymour again outscored Nocona, this time 7-4, to increase its lead to 19-14 heading into halftime.
The Indians made some adjustments at halftime and came out in the third quarter and almost equaled their first half total. Leading scorers Brady McCasland and Javier Gaytan each scored six points and combined for 12 of the team’s 13 points.
With Nocona still playing good defense, the Indians took the lead 27-25 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Indians scored just enough in the final period to hold on. Seymour only got points from one player who scored eight of the team’s nine points, but again fell one basket short in the end.
Nocona won 36-34.
Forestburg vs Gold-Burg
The Forestburg Longhorns were able to stay in second place with a win at Gold-Burg on Tuesday night.
The Longhorns won 39-32 on the road, coming from behind in the second half against the Bears.
Forestburg came into the game with a 5-3 record in district and a recent win against Midway. For Gold-Burg, the Bears had a 3-4 district record and was coming off a tough loss against Saint Jo.
The first game was close as the Longhorns won only 61-58 so the second game was also expected to be competitive.
Gold-Burg came out hot from 3-point range and built a 15-7 after the first quarter.
Even with the second quarter being more competitive, the Bears were still in control up 27-18 at halftime.
Some defensive adjustments from Forestburg tightened the screws and upped the pressure against Gold-Burg. Even when the Bears were able to find good shots in the second half, few went in during the final two quarters as Gold-Burg scored only five points.
This left the door open for the Longhorns, who cut the lead to 30-26 heading into the final period, before outscoring the Bears 13-2 in the fourth quarter to win the game 39-32.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs won their second district game at home on Tuesday night against Midway.
The Bulldogs won 62-47 against the Falcons.
Prairie Valley came into the game with a disappointing 1-7 district record.
Though the young Bulldogs have had at least spouts of competitive play in every district game, wins were tough to come by this season.
Prairie Valley lost the first game between the teams 50-33 and were hoping to play better.
It was a high scoring first half as both teams scored in double-figures in each quarter. It was the Bulldogs who lead in both quarters, outscoring the Falcons 17-13 and 20-12. Prairie Valley led 37-25.
The pace slowed down in the third quarter, but the Bulldogs built on their lead a little by outscoring Midway 10-6.
The pace picked back up in the final period and while the Falcons finally outscored Prairie Valley, it was only by one point 16-15 as the Bulldogs coasted to an easy win.
Prairie Valley won 62-47.
Missing scores
Saint Jo had a bye-game on Tuesday night.
The Slidell coach did not answer his email about Tuesday’s game against Slidell.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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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