SPORTS
Volleyball Update
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started district play on Saturday with a win at home against City View.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets against the improved Lady Mustangs, with only the first set providing any sort of drama.
Nocona won a tightly contested first set 26-24 before rolling the next two sets 25-15 and 25-17.
Skyler Smith led the team with nine kills while adding 12 assists. Karlee Brown was second with seven kills while adding two blocks.
Megyn Meekins led the team with 15 assists while adding four kills. Taylor Newman added six kills from the outside hitter position.
Defensively, Laney Yates led with 16 digs.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough match at Bryson on Saturday morning in the biggest game of the year so far.
The Cowgirls won in straight sets 25-17, 26-24 and 25-17 against a Lady Bulldogs team that is still missing a starter.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 13 kills, 23 digs and two blocks. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 23 assists while Karagan Ritchie added seven kills.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter thought her team had some chances, but did not play well enough to win.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough game in a hostile environment at Electra on Saturday.
The Lady Tigers won in four sets against the Lady Bears who struggled dealing with obnoxious fans.
After losing the first two sets 25-18 and 25-15, Gold-Burg won a back-and-forth third set 28-26. With the momentum changed, the fourth set was close, but Electra was able to close out the match in the end, winning 25-21.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost their opening district game at Alvord on Friday.
The bigger 2A Lady Bulldogs were also the more experienced as they beat Saint Jo in straight sets 25-10, 25-13 and 25-15.
Taylor Patrick led the team with five assists while Kayden Skidmore had four kills. Elaina led the team with four digs.
Coach Kelly Skidmore thought her team showed some good mental toughness in the match despite the loss.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns competed well in their first district match against Chico on Friday.
The Lady Dragons won in straight sets, but the Lady Horns made them work in two of the three sets. Chico won by the set scores 25-21, 25-11 and 25-22.
Reagan Ladewig led the team with five aces and two blocks. Faith Moore had a team high five kills and 17 digs.
Coach Cori Hayes was proud how his team competed against a 2A team.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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.
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