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Nocona softball wins 16-8; baseball team falls short

Published

7 years ago

04/20/2019

The Nocona baseball and softball teams hosted Childress on Tuesday night.
While the Lady Indians were able to have a happy senior night by picking up their first district win 16-4, the Indians lost 13-0.
The Nocona softball team was playing its final home game of the season.
The Lady Cats got one run across in their first at bat. The Lady Indians stayed patient and were rewarded with seven free bases in the first inning along with one RBI single from Kycelyn Contreras, scoring four runs to take a 4-1 lead.
Nocona scored eight runs in the second inning, getting RBIs from Karlee Keck, Laney Yates, two from Gisel Hernandez and a three-run home run from Laci Stone. The Lady Indians lead was up to 12-1.
Childress hit its own three-run home run in the third inning to cut the lead to 12-4, but the Lady Indians did not take it laying down.
After walking another run in, Hernandez cleared the bases with double to boost the lead up to 16-4.
After a scoreless fourth inning a part of the fifth, the game was called due to run rule as Nocona won its first district game of the season.
Coach Bryan Ballard did not have much to complain about.
“I felt we played very well,” Ballard said. “We came out swinging the bats while being very patient at the plate. We were able to take the lead in the first and never gave it back which was very nice to see.”
Nocona played its last game on Friday at City View.
The Indians baseball team did not play as well. Childress scored four runs in the first inning to get out to a 4-0 lead.
Nocona struggled to get any base runners on while the Bobcats added runs in the third and fourth innings before exploding for seven in the fifth inning.
With the Indians struggling to score runs, Childress won 13-0 after five innings.
Coach Jeremy Kirk could not come up with one aspect his team did well in or could take from the game.
Nocona plays its final game at 5 p.m. against Holliday at home for senior night

SPORTS

Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

6 days ago

05/07/2026

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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.

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Willett, Richey off to State

Published

6 days ago

05/07/2026

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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 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th 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 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

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6 days ago

05/07/2026

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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 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.