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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians got some revenge in their win against Iowa Park at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians won 51-38 against the Lady Hawks in a game that went their way much more than it did a couple days before.
Nocona played at the Iowa Park tournament the previous weekend and played the tournament hosts in its second game.
In that game the Lady Hawks won a close game 53-49. Tuesday night it was a different game.
At first Iowa Park got out to a small lead 13-10 after the first quarter. That would be the most the Lady Hawks would score in any of the remaining three quarters.
In both the second and fourth quarter, Nocona’s defense allowed Iowa Park to score only seven points.
The Lady Indians took a narrow 22-20 lead into halftime.
Nocona then turned the pace up in the third quarter, almost doubling its first half total in the period alone.
Sydnee Mowry and Stephanie Gutierrez combined to score 15 of the teams 21 points in the quarter as the Lady Indians lead ballooned to double-digits as they led 43-31 heading into the fourth quarter.
The pace slowed way down in the final period Nocona did not want to allow Iowa Park chances to make up the lead.
Neither team scored in the double-digits which meant the Lady Indians were able to coast to end of the game, winning 51-38.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns were able to get some revenge on the road Tuesday night at Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Horns won a low-scoring, close game 22-18 against a Lady Pirates team that had beaten them at an earlier tournament.
Kylie Willett led the team with nine points and four rebounds.
Coach Cori Hayes liked how his defense played and how aggressive his team was at getting to the free throw line.
On the other side of the coin Hayes wishes his team would have made more of its open shots during the game.
Forestburg is set to open up district play next at 6 p.m. on Dec. 14 at home against Bellevue.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The 19th annual Bullfest came to the county on May 4, hosted at the Saint Jo Rodeo Arena. With bulls provided Big L Rodeo Company, Locke Bucking Bulls and more, it attracted many great riders, both local and farther away. In the end, it was Colby Deel from Jacksboro who won the the senior division round. The junior division winner was Ringo Stummer from Mountain Springs.
To see more photos, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
With the track season firmly over this year, one school went out of its way to encourage its athletes to not only improve on their totals, but set some school records this season.
Brenna Briles set the school record in the girl’s high jump (5-4), triple jump (33 feet), 100 meters (13.11) and the 200 meters (27.87).
Kayden Dill set the school record boy’s 100 meters (11.08) and 200 meters (23.47). Tye Reid set the boy’s 110 meter hurdles record at 18.7 seconds. Jesse Wadsworth set the boy’s 800 meters record with a time of 2:06.
Some relay teams also set some records. The boy’s 4×100 meter team of Jeremiah Perez, Kyler Willett, Will Johnson and Dill set the record with the time of 45.29 seconds.
The 4×400 meter relay team with Christian Binanti, Johnson, Willett and Wadsworth ran a time of 3:40.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs will be seeing a new face around the gym and fields next fall with the hiring of a new Athletic Director and Head Coach, Kent Caruthers.
Caruthers will be replacing Coach Seth Stephens, who has accepted a coaching job in LaPoynor, moving closer to his family and hometown. Although Coach Stephens will be missed after six years of being a part of the Prairie Valley family, Coach Caruthers will step into his new role with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Coach Caruthers has coached basketball, football, volleyball, cross country, track and golf.
He has a well-rounded background, which makes him the perfect candidate for a 1A coaching position.
He comes, most recently, from Matagorda where he was the athletic director, boys basketball, volleyball, and track coach.
He spent the majority of his coaching career at Tolar, where he was the head boys basketball coach, defensive coordinator for the varsity football team and head golf coach.
His record and experience speak for themselves, but when asked why he felt led to apply for this position, he said that the move north is all about coaching good kids.
His coaching philosophy revolves around hard work, stating “A winner is someone who recognizes their God-given talents, works their tail off developing the talents into skills and uses these skills to accomplish their goals.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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