SPORTS
Nocona baseball wins 8-3
Some big late innings led to the Nocona Indians first district win on Tuesday as they hosted City View.
The Indians won 8-3, with seven runs coming in the final two innings from Nocona.
The Mustangs were able to get two runners on base in the first inning with a single and a walk with two outs. Pitcher Logan Barnes was able to strike out the next batter for the third out.
The Indians had their chance to score in the first as well with a single from Barnes and a drawn walk with one out. Nothing came of it until their next time up to bat.
Tyler Richards led off with a walk. Two batters later, John Womack doubled to center field. It was enough for the speedy Richards to score from first to give Nocona a 1-0 lead.
That proved to be enough to hold for an inning as both teams struck out the sides in the third inning and prevented any base runners.
In the fourth inning City View put together three hits and a walk that scored three runs to go up 3-1. Duece Glasker singled with one out to try and get something going for the Indians, but they could not as they still trailed heading into the fifth inning.
Richards came in to pitch for Nocona. It did not start well as four straight balls walked the leadoff batter. Fortunately, he was able to retire the next three batters to strand the runner at second base.
Nocona was able to load the bases with a walk, a single from Barnes and hit batter with no outs. A single from Jason Sparkman singled to score two runs and tie the game 3-3 heading into the sixth inning.
After not giving up any runners on the mound, the Indians offense exploded. After loading the bases again to start the inning, Barnes hit a triple to left field to clear the bases and score three runs. Two batters later Treneten Womack drove him in with a single.
With the bases loaded again, Glasker pulled a sacrifice bunt to score one more run before Nocona was called for the third out with the next batter flying out to right field. By then, the Indians were up 8-3.
Sparkman came in the final inning to get the save. He was able to strike out the side to end the game and secure Nocona’s first district win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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