SPORTS
Saint Jo baseball beats Nocona
The Saint Jo baseball team won at 2A Nocona on Monday night.
The Panthers won 14-0 in five innings due to run rule, picking up Saint Jo’s fourth straight district win.
Monday’s game was the first the Indians would play in district against fellow Montague County team Saint Jo.
The Panthers jumped out to a lead in the top of the first inning.
Trevor O’Neal led off with a single and Matthew Everson followed with a bunt he was able to reach first base on. After steals from both players, Collin Thomas drove both in with a single.
Following two fly outs in the outfield, Thomas would score on a passed ball. Kile Thurman drew a walk and then stole second base before a hit groundball from Logan Hoover to the shortstop induced an error and allowed Thurman to score and Hoover to reach second base.
Mathew Sampson then drove him in with a single to right field to make the score 5-0.
Nocona did not have any luck with its bats to try and get any runs back. Saint Jo pitcher O’Neal struck out one and induced fly outs to the other two batters.
In the second inning, the Indians got the first two batters out with routine fielding play. Unfortunately for them, a walk to Cooper Harris started a two-out rally for the Panthers.
Caleb Hennessey hit a fly ball to centerfield that was just missed by the diving fielder. The error allowed Hennessey to reach third base.
Thurman then hit a groundball to the shortstop that induced an error that allowed one run to score to make it 6-0.
Nocona threatened offensively with Charlie Fuller hitting a single with one out.
A sacrifice bunt and later a balk by the Saint Jo pitcher allowed Fuller to reach third base, but the Panther’s O’Neal was able to strike out the next batter for out three.
In the third inning, Saint Jo’s Brice Durham was hit by a pitch with one out to get on base before O’Neal hit a hard ball to the wall for a double.
After a fly out, Thomas then hit single to right field that drove in both runners to put the Panthers up 8-0.
Nocona could not get anything going offensively as the game moved to the fourth inning.
The Indians were able to limit Saint Jo to no runs, with only a dropped third strike allowing a base runner on with two outs that led to nothing.
Nocona could not turn that momentum into anything as all three batters were retired and the game moved to the fifth inning.
Saint Jo put together another big inning. Durham drew a walk to lead off.
He reached third base thanks to steals and passed balls before O’Neal drove him in with a single. Everson followed with a walk after O’Neal stole second and third base.
A balk allowed O’Neal to come in and score. Collin Thomas hit a single a line drive to second base that induced another error.
A passed ball let Everson score a run before Henson drew a walk. Next Hennessey grounded into a fielder’s choice for an out at first base, but it allowed another run to come in for the Panthers.
Following a groundball hit to third base from Thurman that he was able to reach first base on, walk later loaded the bases.
Durham then hit a double that drove in two runs to make the score 14-0 before Nocona got the third out.
Needing to score at least five runs to keep the game from ending early, it was not in the cards for the Indians. Saint Jo’s Harris came in to pitch the final inning and struck out two of the three batters to close the game with little trouble.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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