SPORTS
Nocona cross country teams run well
The Nocona cross country teams ran at a wet and messy Alvord meet on Wednesday where both teams saw continued improvement.
The Lady Indians team took home another overall first place finish while the Indians team finished a solid third place.
The Nocona girl’s team was led by Allie Brown, who won her first high school race with a time of 13:06.
“Allie Brown stepped up big time, winning the race by a large margin (40 seconds),” Coach Kyle Spitzer said.
The Lady Indians top five runners all finished in the top 20 including Raylee Sparkman finishing third, Kylie Rose finishing fifth, Jayce Rose finishing 12th and Madilyn Ferguson finishing 20th.
Spitzer was proud of how his team ran overall despite not the best conditions.
Besides Brown’s performance, Jayce Rose’s jump to the fourth finisher along with a new personal best has him excited as the team is headed in the right direction.
The Nocona boy’s team saw Hank Ulbig finish in eighth place with a time of 19:29.
The next four runners all finished one after the other in the standings with Alex Stephens, Frank Espinoza, Adam Meekins and Noe Estrada placing 13-16.
Coach Colby Schniederjan was pleased with how his teams ran overall, but knows there is more work ahead of this team if the Indians want to be shooting on all cylinders at the district meet at the end of October and make it back to the regional meet.
“My two, three and four runners had their most complete race of the season and we as a whole did a good job of pacing with two good teams (Paradise and Alvord) who ended up beating us,” Schniederjan said.
The Nocona cross country teams are next scheduled to run at Brock on Sept. 30.
To see all of the Nocona runners results, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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