SPORTS
Lady Indians win first district game
The Nocona Lady Indians picked up their first district win in four years with a win against Era at Bowie on Friday night.
The Lady Indians won 14-1, winning by run rule after five innings against the Lady Hornets.
Era struck first in the opening inning to go up 1-0 before Nocona had a chance to bat. When the Lady Indians did they established control over the game that lasted until the end. After the first two batters drew a walk and were hit by a pitch, Tobie Cable came up and cleared the bases with a three-run inside the park home run.
Avery Crutsinger later drove in a run with a double and would later score when Allie Sutton grounded out. Kylea Wallace then drove in the final run of the inning to put the Lady Indians in front 6-1 after the opening inning.
After pitcher Reagan Phipps struck out the side, Nocona added four more runs in the second inning. Cable drove in a run on a single.
After loading the bases with two outs, Sutton was hit a by a pitch to drive in a run and a wild pitch allowed Evelyn Marquez and later Katy Barrett to come home to make it 10-1.
Era only got one hit in the third inning before the Lady Indians hit again in the third inning and added two more runs to their total.
Skye Kirby drove in a run on a single. Marquez then laid down a bunt that scored another runner while she got to base safe. Nocona led 12-1 heading to the fourth inning.
The Lady Hornets advanced a runner to third base and had runners at the corners with two outs, but Phipps got out of the jam as she fielded a weakly hit groundball for out three.
Cable drove in two more runs for Nocona as she hit a triple to put the Lady Indians up 14-1 heading into the fifth inning.
Era would need to score at least four runs to keep the game from ending due to the run rule, but Phipps and the Nocona defense made the plays to prevent any baserunners from getting on as the Lady Indians won 14-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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