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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won against Vernon Northside on Friday night.
Nocona won in four sets against Northside, only giving up a third set loss while controlling most of the match.
Nocona was coming into the match winning its last three matches following its final tournament of the season. Keeping the good play going, Nocona won the first set easily 25-14 to go up early.
Northside could only play better and gave Nocona a much better showing in the second set. It still went Nocona’s way as it took set two 25-21.
Nocona had a bit of a third set let down. After winning sets one and two with little drama, sometimes a team not coming out with as much urgency can let up and allow a team to steal the set after a lackluster start. Northside won set three by the score 25-18 to extend the match.
Not wanting to give Northside the chance to stretch the match into a fifth set, Nocona buckled down and focused on winning set four.
It was another competitive set, but in the end Nocona was able to close out the final few points to win 25-21 and the match 3-1.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had a good test of where they are at in their hosted tournament.
The Lady Panthers went 3-2 overall, losing to the eventual tournament champions in the semifinals.
Saint Jo played Detroit to start off pool play. It went to three sets with the Lady Panthers winning set one 25-17 before losing set two 25-14. Set three was the closest of the match as Saint Jo won 25-22.
The Lady Panthers then lost to Strawn in straight sets by the scores 25-18 and 26-24. Not wanting to finish on a bad note, Saint Jo took care of Savoy in short order with set scores being 25-15 and 25-10.
In bracket play, the Lady Panthers got a rematch against Strawn. They were able to get some revenge by winning dominantly with scores 25-10 and 25-13 to advance.
Unfortunately, the team played private team and eventual tournament champs Decatur Victory, losing in straight sets 25-15 and 25-19.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs received some tough lessons playing in their final tournament at Saint Jo.
The Lady Bulldogs went 1-4 overall, but did end up finishing runners-up in the silver bracket.
Prairie Valley lost to Harrold (25-17, 25-9), Collinsville (25-6, 25-13) and Chico (25-15, 25-18) during pool play. This sent the Lady Bulldogs to the silver bracket where they beat Savoy 25-21 and 25-22.
Playing for the bracket championship, Prairie Valley went up against Graford. After losing a disappointing first set 25-13, the Lady Bulldogs took the Lady Rabbits to the limit in set. Unfortunately, they came up short as Graford won 25-23 to win the match.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a heartbreaking five-set match at Electra on Saturday.
The Lady Tigers just barely held off the Lady Bears from coming back from two sets down.
Electra won sets one and two by the scores 25-21 and 25-17. Gold-Burg then bounced back in set three to role the Lady Tigers 25-13. The Lady Bears then carried that momentum into set four, winning the tight set 25-21 to force a fifth and final set.
It went back and forth with no team feeling comfortable. Unfortunately, Electra was able to pull out the win by the narrowest margin 15-13.

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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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