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Baseball Roundup

Published

2 years ago

03/23/2024

Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a tough district loss against Muenster at home on Tuesday.
The Hornets won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the Indians.
Nocona was coming off a one-sided win against Bellevue, but knew Muenster would be different.
The Hornets scored three runs in the first inning thanks to a single, a triple, a walk and two fielding errors.
Nocona got one run back in the first inning. Walker Murphey led off with a walk. RJ walker dropped a sacrifice bunt to get Murphey to second base. Wesley Murphey then grounded out to the shortstop, but it advanced Murphey to third base.
Brody Langford hit a groundball to second base. It resulted in an error which allowed Murphey to come home and score.
Nocona trailed 3-1 after the first inning.
The Hornets offense was able to get a two out rally going. Three singles and an error allowed two runs to score to make it 5-1 for Muenster.
The game broke open in the third inning with the Hornets scoring eight runs and going up 13-1.
When Nocona’s offense continued to struggle to get any hits or base runners on, it looked like the game would not be long.
Muenster added three more runs in the fourth inning to go up 16-1.
The Indians would need to score at least one run to keep the game going, but could not get anything going.
The game ended after four innings due to run-rule, the Hornets winning 16-1.

Missing scores
The Saint Jo and Bellevue game from Tuesday night was postponed in the sixth inning due to the Eagles having no lights. That game and the follow up game will be in the mid-week paper.

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Bowie, Nocona compete in VB scrimmages

Published

7 days ago

08/13/2026

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Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.

Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.

“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”

Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Rabbit netters beat Graham

Published

7 days ago

08/13/2026

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Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.

In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.

Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.

In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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New Nocona gym nearing completion

Published

2 weeks ago

08/06/2026

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Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.

The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.

Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.

Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.