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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians picked up their biggest win of the first month of the season on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians beat defending state champion Windthorst at home, wining in five sets 3-2 in a back and forth match.
Nocona came into the match knowing it would be a big early season challenge. Despite graduating several players from last year’s championship team, the Lady Trojans had only one loss so far this season and were already ranked in some polls as the best 2A team in the state.
The Lady Indians played them four times last season and lost all four matches, only winning one set against Windthorst. Also, Nocona had to adjust its lineup the day of the match when key starter, Kaygan Stone, went down with an injury a short time before the game.
The Lady Trojans won the first close set 25-22, but the Lady Indians bounced back winning set two handily 25-18 to tie the score.
Windthorst won set three even more decisively 25-17 to take the lead, but Nocona dug deep and won set four 25-20 to force a fifth and final set.
From there, the Lady Indians were able to carry that momentum into the fifth set, winning 15-10 and the match 3-2.

Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits showed some heart playing in their first five-set match on the road Tuesday night.
Unfortunately, the Lady Rabbits came up short against Burkburnett 3-2, falling just short of coming back from two sets down.
Bowie was coming off a disappointing run at the tough Glen Rose Tournament and hoping to try and beat the 4A Lady Bulldogs.
Unfortunately, the first two sets did not go the Lady Rabbits way. Burkburnett won the first set decisively 25-19 and then squeaked out the competitive second set 25-23 to go up 2-0.
Bowie was able to battle back, winning set three 25-21 before dominating set four 25-12 to force a fifth and final set.
Despite coming off such a dominating set four win, the fifth set was different. With fewer points to work towards, every lead is magnified.
It was back and forth, with no team getting more than a two-point lead all the way until it was tied at 13-13. Unfortunately, the Lady Bulldogs were able to win the final two points to win the set 15-13 and the match 3-2.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won a back and forth five-set battle against Sacred Heart on Monday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won 3-2 against the Lady Tigers in the team’s first five-set match of the season.
Prairie Valley won the first set 25-21. The team’s then exchanged 25-19 matches as the Lady Bulldogs were up 2-1 heading into the fourth set.
Unfortunately, Sacred Heart won the set decisively 25-14 to force a fifth and final set.
Despite being down in momentum, Prairie Valley refocused and took care of business in the shorter and higher pressure fifth set.
It was competitive, but the Lady Bulldogs put the Lady Tigers away to win 15-11 and the match 3-2.

Missing Scores
Saint Jo did not get its scores in by Friday’s deadline. Gold-Burg had an open date on its schedule.

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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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