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Lady Indians softball falls short to Henrietta

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The Nocona Lady Indians lost a close one at Henrietta on Monday in search of their fist district win.
The Lady Indians lost 9-7 against a tough Lady Cats team, making it close with a late push.
Nocona fell behind 3-0 in the first inning. After failing to get a base runner on, Henrietta scored three runs thanks to three hits and a walk before three straight outs ended the inning.
MaKenna Nobile got on with a one out single. After a strike out and stealing second, Nobile was caught trying to steal third base to end the chance. The Lady Cats added to their lead with a two-run home run that made the score 5-0.
Logan Patterson led off for Lady Indians and got on base with a single. After fly out, Cobi Womack then grounded into a fielder’s choice that got Patterson out at second. A passed ball allowed Womack to reach second base, but a strike out ended the scoring chance.
A leadoff single went no where for Henrietta. A strike out, a fielder’s choice at second and fly out prevent the Lady Cats from adding to the lead.
Laney Yates led off for Nocona in the top of the fourth inning, reaching first by getting hit.
Two fielder’s choice groundouts followed. Nobile then hit a double to put two runners into scoring position, but the Lady Indians were stifled again with a strike out following to end the chance.
The Lady Cats tried to get a two out back-to-back singles to get them going, but Nocona forced a ground out to third base.
The Lady Indians offense was finally able to break through in the fifth inning. Kamryn Weaver and Patterson led off the inning with singles. Katy Barrett then drew a walk to load the bases with one out.
Yates came through with a bases clearing triple. Laci Stone followed with a ground out at second base that allowed Yates to score, cutting the lead to 5-4.
Henrietta answered with three runs thanks to four hits and one hit batter to extend its lead to 8-4.
Nocona tried to get a two out rally going. Patterson, Weaver and Womack loaded the bases up with three straight singles. Unfortunately, Patterson was caught stealing home.
The Lady Cats added one last run as they started the sixth inning with three straight hits, extending their lead to 9-4. A strike out, a pickoff at second base and fly out to left field made sure the damage would not be too severe heading into the final inning.
Barrett led off with a single to left field for the Lady Indians. She stole second and third base before an infield pop out led to the first out. Stone then drove her in with a single.
Following another infield pop out, Nobile then got on base with a single. Alexis Hendricks then pinch hit and drew a walk to load the bases.
Patterson then came through with a single that drove in two runs, cutting the lead to 9-7. Patterson would get to second base thanks to defensive interference. With two runners in scoring position, Nocona was in position to tie the game with one good hit.
Unfortunately, the next batter grounded out to second base to end the game.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.

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