SPORTS

Nocona teams to lose to Jacksboro

Published

2 years ago

04/20/2022

Baseball
The Nocona baseball team lost on Friday night hosting Jacksboro.
The Tigers won 17-4 after five innings due to run-rule in a game where the Indians had to scrap for every inning played.
Nocona started in a hole down 9-0 before it had even batted. The Indians hit back, loading the bases up with no outs. Luke Fuller then drew a walk to score a run and Charlie Fuller then hit a single to drive in another run. Miguel Olivares then was hit by a pitch that drove in another run to make it 9-3.
A change at pitcher for Jacksboro put an end to the scoring in the inning as the next two batters struck out to end things.
The Tigers had another big inning with their bats in the second, scoring seven runs to make the score 16-3. Nocona had no answer this time around with their bats despite Kooper Hansard getting on base thanks to an error.
The third inning saw neither team have any luck scoring. Both teams got one runner on base with one out, but neither could capitalize.
The fourth inning the Tigers added one more run to make the score 17-3.
Heading into the fifth inning, the Indians would need to score at least five runs to keep from ending the game early due to run-rule.
Luke Fuller got on base thanks to an error with one out.
He would work his way around the bases and eventually scored thanks to a wild pitch to make the score 17-4.
The game would eventually end with that being the final score.

Softball
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at home against a tough Jacksboro team on Friday night.
The Lady Tigers won 19-4 after three innings due to run-rule, but at least there were some fireworks from Nocona.
Makenna Nobile hit a two-run home run in the first inning and Skye Kirby later hit sole home run in the second inning.
The other run came on the final at-bat in the third inning. Avery Crutsinger drove in a run on a single, but would then get caught on the base paths for the game’s final out.
On defense, too many fielding errors (seven) and too many hits given up (11) led to a lot of runs for Jacksboro.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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District awards for 1A released

Published

11 hours ago

05/18/2024

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Bellevue’s Bryce Ramsey was named his district’s newcomer of the year.

With the baseball and softball seasons over for the area 1A schools, district awards have been released.
Listed below are those earned honors on the field and in the classroom for Saint Jo and Bellevue.

Softball
Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Utility player: Taylor Patrick; Catcher: Jordyn O’Neal

Baseball
Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Devin Stewart, Saint Jo
Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue

Pitcher: Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Jayden Curry, Saint Jo

Second team
Pitcher: Charlie Barclay, Saint Jo
Infielder: Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; Sam Martin, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Rylan Forrester, Saint Jo
Catcher: Charlie Evans, Saint Jo
Utility: Logan Hoover, Saint Jo
DH: Amzy Barclay, Saint Jo

Honorable mention
Cody Gaston, Saint Jo; Xander Joyner, Saint Jo

To see academic awards from Saint Jo players, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Forestburg coach retiring

Published

11 hours ago

05/18/2024

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Forestburg boys basketball coach Eldon Van Hooser helped lead the program to its first playoff win in nine years in his last year coaching.

Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie Sports Banquet

Published

3 days ago

05/15/2024

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.