SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost their first district game at Holliday on Tuesday.
The undefeated Lady Eagles won in straight sets against Nocona in a match that was expected to be closer between the only two undefeated teams left in the district.
The first set was all Holliday as the Lady Indians had trouble getting anything going. The Lady Eagles controlled the set from start to finish as they won 25-11.
Both the second and third sets were more competitive with Nocona hanging around and keeping pace better. Unfortunately in both sets, Holliday was able to do just enough at the end to secure wins with scores 25-22 and 25-21, winning the match.
With one loss, the Lady Indians are tied with Henrietta for second place in the district.
That could change before the teams play, when Nocona travels there to play at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29, but it will still be a big game.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted their first 1A district match on Tuesday and easily beat Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets with scores of 25-11, 25-11 and 25-20.
After a rough start against the 2A teams in district, Saint Jo finally got to play someone its own size and see how much it had learned from the continual tough tests.
Hannah Reyling led the team with seven kills and Kaitline Harris had a team high 17 assists. Kayden Skidmore added 16 assists and five kills. Kassidy Pitman and Elaina Everson each had a 90 percent serve-receive rating to help the Lady Panthers stay on the attack.
Saint Jo next hosts rival Forestburg, which is always an adjustment for the Lady Panthers to overcome in those matches. The match is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sept. 29.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns hosted a tough Poolville team on Tuesday and were overmatched by the bigger 2A school.
The Lady Monarchs won in straight sets with scores of 25-11, 25-9 and 25-8.
Faith Moore led the team with four kills and Katie Willett had seven assists.
On defense Bailey Payne and Moore each had six digs to lead the team.
The team is doing its best to compete against the routinely larger teams which will hopefully pay off when it plays other 1A schools in the district.
One of those is rival Saint Jo, where Forestburg will next play at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
-
NEWS1 year ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS5 months agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS12 months agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS1 year agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS9 months agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
NEWS12 months ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
NEWS1 year agoBowie Police face three-hour standoff after possible domestic fight
-
NEWS1 year ago
Driver stopped by a man running into the street, robbed at knifepoint