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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Windthorst defeats Nocona again
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The Nocona High School boys’ basketball team has played a maddening style during games at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls this season.
On Nov. 29, the Indians lost a close one to Holliday during the small-school third-place game at the Fantasy of Lights Tournament. Nocona was down to the Eagles 61-46 before mounting a furious comeback that fell short 65-62.
It was a near carbon copy during the Midwestern State University Classic this past Saturday.
Brady Tackett scored on a follow with 6 minutes, 15 seconds to go in the fourth quarter, giving Windthorst a 52-39 lead.
That’s when, like in the game against Holliday, Nocona rallied.
Kameron Hill began Nocona on the comeback trail with a putback basket. Then Brenton Vineyard followed with a 3-pointer from the wing. All of a sudden, Windthorst’s lead was in the single digits.
While Nocona’s defense forced Windthorst into missed layups and turnovers, the Indian attack was relentless.
Hill converted a nifty scoop shot. Cristian Ibarra then stole a Windthorst pass and made a scoop shot from nearly the same spot Hill made his.
With 3:40 to go in the fourth, Hill pecked at the ball, swiped it and raced coast to coast for a layup. Windthorst was clinging to a tenuous 56-55 margin.
Vineyard canned his second 3-pointer of the quarter from the baseline to make the score 60-all with 2:13 left in the final frame. Hill then stole another Windthorst pass and scored two. Nocona briefly had a two-point lead with 1:38 remaining in the fourth.
“We were able to work our way back into it,” Nocona head boys’ basketball coach Tyson Mankin said. “But, we had to expend a lot of energy. We didn’t play our best game.”
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Nocona’s Kameron Hill drives through the lane to the basket during Saturday’s Midwestern State University Classic game versus Windthorst at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls. Windthorst defeated Nocona 68-62. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
A positive culture can be tough to install but will reap dividends if done correctly.
Trinadee Imotichey is trying to do just that with her Forestburg Lady Longhorns.
Imotichey, an assistant coach on the 2025 Forestburg volleyball team, was moved into the head coaching position. Last year’s coach, Cori Hayes, took over as football head coach.
Imotichey, in her 2nd year in Forestburg, said she learned a lot from Hayes and is ready to take over.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s summer softball league team overcame a 6-1 deficit with a six-run third inning for a 7-6 win over Bridgeport in its season opener July 6.
The league consists of teams from Bowie, Nocona, Lindsay, Bridgeport, and Alvord and will last three weeks. Bowie will host games each week.
Bowie pitcher Hazel Trahern gave up two singles and a groundout to put the Sissies on the board in the first. It would be the only hits she gave up in the game. Two groundouts and a strikeout got the Lady Rabbits out of the jam.
Bowie got the run back in the bottom of the first with Andee Jo Miller opening the frame with a walk and a stolen base. She then scored on Kynlee Baker’s groundout to tie the game at one.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Rest. Run. Repeat.
Sage Keck, an 8th grader at Montague, lives by this mantra. No ifs, ands and buts about it.
She’s been running since fourth grade PE classes where she would run a mile every week. After discovering she could outrun the other students, she began to enjoy it and continued doing it.
Her success continued, as she finished 2nd overall against more than 200 runners at the Old Saint Jo 5K July 4. In last weekend’s Texas Junior Olympics, she reached the pinnacle of her career so far by qualifying for the United States of America Track and Field (USATF) National Junior Olympics in Norwalk, Calif. in three events.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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