The Saint Jo High School girls’ basketball team was first in Montague County to play a regular-season game on Monday at Lindsay.
By the end of this week, most area teams will have started.
On Tuesday, Forestburg opened the 2014 season against Notre Dame of Wichita Falls while Prairie Valley traveled to Wichita Falls for a game against Wichita Christian. Nocona played a scrimmage against Blue Ridge.
On Thursday, the Bowie boys’ basketball team will have its first scrimmage of the year at Keene while the girls will travel to Burleson for a scrimmage.
On Friday, Nocona’s girls will scrimmage at Dodd City.
Also, Bowie and Nocona junior varsity and ninth-grade teams will participate at the Muenster Tournament on Thursday and Saturday this week.
In area action on Friday, Saint Jo will play host to Era, Muenster will play at Bellevue, Gold-Burg travels to Electra and Prairie Valley plays host to a girls-boys basketball doubleheader.
This Saturday, Nocona’s boys will have their first scrimmage of the year at Trenton with Tom Bean. Bowie will travel to Wichita Falls for a scrimmage at Rider High School with several other area schools.
There is also a pair of junior high school tournaments on Saturday, Bowie will compete in the Bridgeport Tournament and Montague plays at Prairie Valley.
Also on Monday, the Bowie Junior High School seventh- and eighth-grade girls’ basketball squads began their seasons. The Cottontails played Nocona. Montague traveled to Tioga for a girls-boys doubleheader.
Look in the weekend News for those scores.
The regular season will get underway in earnest in these parts next week.

Courtney Brady, shown here during the state summer tournament in Grapevine, and the Bowie girls basketball team will have its season opener next Tuesday at home versus Burkburnett. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)