Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their second straight district game in come from behind fashion at Tioga on Friday.
The Lady Indians won 12-9 in a high-scoring game they took control of in the sixth inning.
Nocona was coming off a good win against Alvord earlier in the week that had closed out the first round of district play. The Lady Indians first game against Tioga had not gone well as the team lost by run-rule after five innings 14-3.
With several games under its belt now and a bit of confidence, it was a different team that played the Lady Bulldogs on Friday.
Nocona took the lead in the first inning. After the loading the bases up and with two outs, Heidi Atteberry drew a walk to score the first run of the game. Kylea Wallace then hit a line drive to first base that resulted in an error and allowed another run to score.
The Lady Indians struck first and led 2-0.
Tioga got those runs back with two RBI singles to tie the game up at 2-2.
In the second inning, Nocona got on the board again. With a runner on base, Avery Crutsinger’s groundball to the pitcher resulted in an error that allowed one run to score and for Crutsinger to end up on third base.
Evelyn Marquez then drove her in as she grounded out to the shortstop to put the Lady Indians up 4-2.
The Lady Bulldogs then had their biggest offensive inning to not only grab the lead, but all of the momentum in the early part of the game. Scoring five runs on two singles, two walks and two fielding errors put Tioga up 7-4.
Nocona got out of the inning with a double-play and a groundout to second base to stop the bleeding.
After all of the scoring the, the defenses played well for the next three innings.
The only score came in the fourth inning when the Lady Indians Reagan Phipps led off with a triple and Crutsinger grounded out to get her home to cut the lead to 7-5.
Still, heading into the sixth inning, Nocona trailed before its offense caught fire.
Two runners got on base with one out. A passed ball allowed one run to score. Marquez hit a groundball to the shortstop that resulted in a fielding error that drove in one run to tie the game.
Skye Kirby then followed and another groundball to the shortstop led to another fielding error that allowed a run to score to give Nocona the lead.
The Lady Indians were not done. Following a single from Abby Hill, Atteberry tried to lay down a sacrifice bunt, but a fielding error allowed another run to score.
During the next at-bat, the ball got away from the catcher twice which allowed both runners to come in and score and put Nocona up 11-7.
Tioga came back and scored two runs in the same inning on a fielding error in the outfield that cut the lead down to 11-9 heading into the seventh inning.
The Lady Indians got one more run as Tinley Cable led off with a triple. Phipps then drove her home with a single to make the final score 12-9.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a tough game at Collinsville on Thursday.
The Lady Pirates won 17-1 after two and half innings due to run-rule against the Lady Panthers.
Saint Jo was hoping it could compete better after a rough game against Lindsay earlier in the week, but there was not much positive against Collinsville either.
The Lady Panthers did strike first as Taylor Patrick led off with a single. She would steal second base and then advance to third on an error. She then came in to score on a wild pitch to put Saint Jo up 1-0.
It was short-lived as the Lady Pirates answered with six runs in the first inning and 11 in the second inning. The only other type of offense for the Lady Panthers came from a single from Payzlie Cervantes and a drawn walk from Tatum Morman.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.