SPORTS
Nocona teams lose at Henrietta
Baseball
The Nocona Indians baseball team lost on Friday at Henrietta as they continue to struggle this season.
The Bearcats won 20-3 against the Indians in a game where the fielding errors really killed them.
Henrietta was up 9-0 after the first two innings when Nocona scored its first run. With two outs Wesley Murphey hit a single and Ty Presley drew a walk. An error trying to gather Anthony Torres’s single allowed Murphey to score and cut the lead to 9-1.
After several more big innings from Henrietta, the Indians found themselves down 20-1 and needing to score 10 or more runs to avoid getting run-ruled.
Murphey got on base with one out on a single. Presley followed with a walk and Torres drove him in again with a single. The throw home allowed both Presley and Torres to advance to third and second base.
An error by the catcher during the next at-bat allowed Presley to score and make it 20-3. Unfortunately, that would be all as two of the next three batters struck out to end the game.
Softball
The Nocona Lady Indians lost a close game on Friday at Henrietta.
The Lady Cats won 5-3, with most of their runs coming in the fifth inning to take the lead.
The Lady Indians were trying to shake off their last game where they gave up a big lead against rival Bowie in the final two innings that prevented them from getting their first district win.
Friday was another good shot by Nocona in getting that win.
Henrietta got the lead first on a fluke fly ball into the outfield. An error fielding it allowed the runner to come around and score, giving the Lady Cats a 1-0 lead in the second inning.
Nocona answered back in the fourth inning. Reagan Phipps and Avery Crutsinger drew walks with one out. Raylee Sparkman then hit a single into right field that drove in one run.
Two batters later, Katy Barrett hit a single that drove in Crutsinger to take the lead 2-1. Sparkman was also waived home, but was thrown out to prevent another run from scoring.
The Lady Indians added to their lead in the fifth inning. Tobie Cable hit a double with one out. She would then steal third base and later score on a passed ball to make it 3-1.
Henrietta would then comeback in the same inning. The Lady Cats hit a two-RBI triple to first tie the score before a single followed to drive in that run and give Henrietta a lead. Three batters later, single drove in another run to make it 5-3.
Nocona was able to get at least one runner on base in both the sixth and seventh inning, but could not come back to retake the lead.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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