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Nocona season ends to Tolar 53-36
The magical Nocona Indians’ season came to an end on Tuesday against Tolar in the regional quarterfinals.
The Rattlers won 53-36 against the Indians to put an end to Nocona’s pursuit of a regional tournament appearance.
Nocona came in hoping a lot of things would go right so it could continue to make school history, with the last team to even win a playoff game back in 2017 making it to the regional tournament for the first time in decades.
This year’s team was already the first district title winner since 1988 and with the success of the girl’s team, it was the first time both teams won the district title since the 1950s.
The Indians came in with some close and toughly played wins against Stamford (57-48) and Poolville (46-41) in the playoffs so far, while also riding an 11 game winning streak dating back to the beginning of district play.
Tolar was tough though, finishing second in a district that is ruled by top ranked Lipan and finishing the regular season 26-7.
The first half was a defensive slug fest. The Rattlers led 8-2 after the first quarter, but Nocona bounced back to cut the lead to 14-11 at halftime, with the game still anyone’s ready to control.
It was not the first low scoring game for an Indians team that runs on how well its aggressive man-to-man press defense does.
Unfortunately, when one team started to make shots, it was Tolar. The Rattlers scored 19 points in the third quarter and extended the lead to 33-23 heading into the fourth quarter.
Down by 10 points, Nocona had to start to gamble on defense to try and force steals, but unfortunately Tolar countered with smart passes which enabled the lead to continue to grow.
The Indians could not keep up with the high scoring pace in the second half as the Rattlers ran away with the win 53-36.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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