SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Prairie Valley boys fall too far behind in loss
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
All it takes is one bad quarter to really foul things up.
That’s what both the Prairie Valley High School boys’ basketball and Midway girls learned in District 1A-21 action on Tuesday evening.
Midway’s girls scored just two points in the third quarter as Prairie Valley recorded a 37-31 victory on its home court.
The Bulldog boys were outscored 13-6 in the second quarter and that lack of offensive punch carried over into the third quarter as Midway triumphed 60-44.
“We can’t seem to string together four good quarters,” Prairie Valley boys’ basketball coach Jack Williams said. “We struggle with that.”
Williams said Prairie Valley couldn’t keep up with Midway because the Falcons did a better job of rebounding than the Bulldogs.
“We weren’t able to get many rebounds,” the coach commented.
Prairie Valley’s boys made the game more respectable in the fourth quarter by using a full-court press. With up-tempo play, the Bulldogs tallied 19 points during such time.
Mitchell Eldred and Matt Suarez both tallied 14 points for Prairie Valley. It marked a season-high point total for Eldred.
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Alec Ducharme drives toward the basket during Tuesday’s District 1A-21 boys’ basketball game versus Midway at Prairie Valley. The Bulldogs suffered a 60-44 setback against the Falcons. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Nocona and Saint Jo opened their respective district play with convincing road wins.
The Lady Indians needed four games but outlasted Archer City, 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 25-16). Paige Davis and Sy Parker each had 12 kills to pace Nocona with Davis adding 12 digs defensively. Maddyn Bowles led the way with 17 digs, 11 assists and served up three aces.
Setter Kasi Castro had 24 assists and 13 digs with Sophia Gaytan adding 12 assists and eight digs. Saint Jo went into Bellevue and posted a 25-15, 25-14, 25-22 sweep over the Lady Eagles.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After a tough loss to open District 10-A volleyball play, Bellevue’s squad used the two-day break to refocus its efforts. The break worked as the Lady Eagles evened its record at 1-1 with a 3-0 win over visiting Midway Sept. 24 (25-17, 25-22, 25-20).
Bellevue Coach Jamie Hickey said working on game scenarios in practice has begun to pay off. Keeping focus was key to the victory as well.
“I think our key tonight was our mindset and just staying together,” Hickey said. “Letting mistakes go and focusing on the next play. We’ve been working on scenarios in practice and being intentional with each possession and attacking the ball more. I think we did tonight.” The Falcons played gutsy all night long, staying in each game after Bellevue had taken a good lead but the Lady Eagles, playing before a large crowd, held their own.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg opened District 10-A action with a road win at Gold-Burg Sept. 22, beating the Lady Bears in a three-game sweep (25-8, 25-9, 25-6.)
Forestburg’s Madi Wadsworth started game one with a five-point run, including two aces. Brenna Briles kept the drive alive with a kill. Gold-Burg broke serve and Zara Andrade’s serving point cut the deficit to three.
Yareli Aguirre cut the lead to 5-7 with another single point. Jocelyn Rich later countered for Forestburg with another five-point string to extend the lead to 13-5Back-to-back aces by Rich forced Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh into a timeout.
Sophomore Addy Conway rolled off four aces amidst a six-point run for the Lady ‘Horns to give the squad a 20-6 lead. Jocelyn Rich’s kill kept things moving along for Forestburg.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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