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Presley’s 18 strikeouts lead Nocona to win against Chico
A great pitching day propelled Nocona baseball to a win against Chico at home on Tuesday night.
The Indians won 6-0 against the Dragons thanks to an 18 strikeout day from pitcher Ty Presley. He allowed only three hits and walked one batter during the shutout performance, pitching all seven innings in the process.
On the offensive side, Nocona hitters did their damage in the first three innings. Charlie Fuller led off the first inning with a walk. Presley followed with a double and Kooper Hansard drew a walk to load the bases with no outs.
Wesley Murphey then drew another walk to get in one run. After a strike out, Matthew Page grounded out at third base, but it allowed one more run to score to make it 2-0. A ground out followed for the third out.
In the second inning, leadoff for the Indians Bodie Davis was able to get on base thanks to a dropped strike three. Followed a strike out, Fuller drew a walk. Presley hit a ground ball to the pitcher, but an error allowed him to load the bases up.
Hansard then hit a fly ball to left field that was deep enough to advance all the runners and score a run. Murphey then hit a line drive single to left field that drove in the two base runners to make the score 5-0.
Anthony Torres followed, getting on base thanks to an error from the shortstop. That was followed by a third out fly ball to center field to end the second inning.
In the third inning leadoff hitter Miguel Olivares hit a single to get on base. After stealing second, Davis grounded out which allowed him to advance to third base. During the next at-bat he scored on the base-paths to put Nocona up 6-0. Two more strikeouts followed to end the third inning.
The Indians did not score for the rest of the game, but did have their chances. In the fourth inning, Hansard and Murphey drew walks and Torres hit a single to load the bases up with only one out. Unfortunately, a strikeout followed by a lineout at second base ended that scoring chance.
Murphey and Torres tried to start a two out rally in the sixth inning with back-to-back singles, with a balk allowing Murphey to eventually reach third base.
It would not matter though as Presley and the defense finished off the shutout in the next inning.
To read the full story, 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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