SPORTS
Nocona’s Stone advances to regional golf tournament
The Nocona golf team competed at the district tournament on two different days last week.
In the end, the Indians are sending one player, Johnny Stone, on to regionals as he finished fifth overall individually and the second best among players who were not on teams that were regional qualifiers.
Stone led Nocona by shooting 86-77 as the Indians shot 689 and finished seven shot behind Seymour, missing out on qualifying for regionals as a team with a third place finish.
“I am very proud of Johnny and how much work he has put in to advance,” Coach Kyle Spitzer said. “He plays a lot of golf, so I was happy he was able to put together two solid rounds.”
Jake Pribble shot 86-87 and Landon Fatheree shot 82-92.
Caden Gaston shot 91 the first day to get the team’s first day total. He shot 107 the second day as Caden Belcher improved his first day’s total of 94 and shot 88 to add to the second day’s total.
The Nocona boy’s second team finished in sixth place with an 804 total.
Charlie Fuller shot best both days for the team, shooting 95-87. Cooper Waldrip was second shooting 102-98, Brady McCasland was third as he shot 110-98 and Caden Hammer was fourth shooting 115-99. Peyton Reed shot 123-137, but his scores were not added to the team’s total.
The Lady Indians had two players compete as medalists. Jessie Howard shot 105/106 and finished third behind two girls from Olney who qualified for regionals. Alexa Sosa shot 144-139 and finished fifth among medalists.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
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Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
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Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
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