SPORTS
Nocona’s late rally comes up short
The Nocona Indians baseball team traveled to Callisburg on Monday despite the weather to take on the Wildcats.
The Indians came up short 9-4 despite a seventh inning rally that made Callisburg sweat a bit late in the game.
Nocona could not get anything going in the first inning offensively. On defense, a leadoff single followed by three walks and a sacrifice fly scored two runs for the Wildcats to go up 2-0.
Neither team had much going on in the second or third innings. Callisburg hit a two out triple to score a run in the bottom of the fourth to go up 3-0.
In the bottom of the fifth, a leadoff single came back to bite Nocona as a two out error allowed that runner to score to make the Wildcats lead go to 4-0.
The bottom of the sixth inning is when Callisburg had the big inning, scoring five runs with two outs thanks to four hits, an error and a walk.
With the Wildcats up 9-0 heading into the final inning and the Indians not threatening to score up to that point, it looked like Callisburg would coast to the finish.
Nocona rallied in the top of the seventh. A leadoff walk and a hit batter put two runners on base. Jason Sparkman then doubled into center field to score one run and put two runners in scoring position with no outs.
Trenten Womack then followed that up with another double up the middle to score another runner.
Still down 9-2, with no outs and momentum on the relief picture in for the Wildcats, things still looked promising.
The next batter for Nocona struck out for the first out and Duece Glasker grounded out to second base for the second out. Sparkman was able to score on the hit though to make it 9-3 with two outs and a runner on third base.
Next batter Jacob Morris singled to score the runner on third to make it 9-4, almost cutting the lead in half.
The next batter was hit by the pitch to put two runners on, but the ride came to an end when the runner at second was caught stealing third to end the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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