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Indians show scrappy play at Poolville Tournament
The Nocona baseball team had a hectic two days as it played in the final tournament of the season at Poolville.
Squeezing five games in only two day, the Indians went 2-1-2 in competitive games that were never easy, but also never out of.
Nocona first played Olney where things came all at once. After two scoreless innings from both teams, the Indians exploded with seven runs in the third inning thanks to six hits and two hit batters. The Cubs were able to answer with a run in the fourth inning, but that was all they could muster as Nocona won 7-1.
RBIs came from Logan Barnes, Tyler Richards, Jacob Morris and Duece Galasker.
The Indians next played Tom Bean in close and dramatic game that ended in an unsatisfying way.
The Tomcats scored a run in the first inning, but Nocona scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 3-1 lead. After two scoreless innings, Tom Bean took the lead in the fifth inning 4-3.
Thanks to a fielding error, the Indians were able to tie the score up at 4-4 before the game was ruled a tie after five innings.
Nocona ended the day with a disappointing loss to Millsap 7-5. The Indians out hit the Bulldogs 8-4, but thanks to five fielding errors, the winnable game was just out of their reach.
Nocona started Friday off disappointingly as they quickly fell behind 4-0 in the first inning. The Indians fought and scored four runs over the next two innings, but the Dragons also scored three runs as they led 7-4.
Chico added two more runs the next two innings to lead 9-4 heading into the final inning. Despite a last gasp effort scoring three runs, it was not enough from the Nocona as it lost 9-7.
The Indians played Electra in their final game of the tournament and again fell behind early 4-0. Nocona was able to add a run in the first and third inning to cut the lead to 4-2, but could not break through as both teams struggled to score.
In the last inning in the bottom of the sixth, the Indians found a way back. A single and two walks loaded the bases up with two outs. Thanks to a fielding error from the Tigers, a runner was able to score to cut the lead to one.
A wild pitch from Electra allowed Jason Sparkman to score to tie the game. Another walk loaded the bases.
Against the next batter, another wild pitch allowed Carter Horn to score the game winning run to give Nocona a 5-4 win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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