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Nocona baseball loses tough one on the road
The Nocona Indians baseball team traveled to Hirschi on Tuesday to take on a tough 4A program.
The Huskies won a close game that came down to the final inning 7-6 in walk-off fashion.
Neither team got anything going in the first inning as both teams first three batters were sat down with little fanfare.
The second inning saw Nocona get off to a good start at Anthony Veitenheimer hit a leadoff triple. He successfully stole home to score the games first run and putting the Indians up 1-0. Hirschi continued to be contained as Nocona’s defense had another one-two-three inning with no base runners.
In the third inning Colton Evans hit a one-out triple. He was able to steal home as well to make the score 2-0. Adam Meekins and Carlos Castro followed with a single and double to put two runners in scoring position.
Meekins would successfully steal home and Veitenheimer would drive in the other base runner on single to put Nocona up 4-0.
The Huskies would try to answer as two drawn walks and a single loaded the bases with two outs, but the Indians would survive by getting the next runner out.
Nocona kept on finding ways to score in the fourth inning as Jason Spakman led off with a single. He would steal second and third base before two batters later when Cesar Guitterrez drove him in as he grounded out. The Indians were up 5-0 and looking dominant when Hirschi started to come back a bit.
With two outs and two base runners on base, the Huskies were able to steal home to score their first run of the day and cut the lead to 5-1.
The fifth inning saw Nocona’s offense get shut down with no base runners. Hirschi would score two runs with a one out triple and double, cutting the lead to 5-3 heading into the sixth inning.
Besides a hit batter, the Indians offense had no luck getting anything going while the Huskies would take the lead.
A two RBI double would tie the game. A batter later a single would drive in a run that gave Hirschi its first lead of the game 6-5.
Nocona needed to respond heading into the seventh inning. After no luck the previous two innings, the Indians first two batters got on base by being a hit batter and a single. Lead base runner would get picked off, but trailing base runner Evans would steal second and third base. Meekins would hit a double to get him home and tie the score at 6-6.
The Huskies came through when it was their turn to bat. The leadoff batter was hit to put the winning run on base. He would steal second and third base when the next batter hit a single into right field to end the game, Hirschi won 7-6.
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The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
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Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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