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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Holliday hexes Nocona boys again
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
For the Nocona High School boys’ basketball team, playing Holliday has been very much like the old Dr. Seuss “Green Eggs and Ham” tale.
Nocona tried with might.
But, the Indians couldn’t beat the Eagles at the Fantasy of Lights of Tournament in Wichita Falls back in November – falling 65-62 in the third-place game.
Then, during the District 3A-9 slate, Nocona lost to Holliday at the Eagles’ place 58-51. The Indians then suffered a 54-36 home setback against Holliday.
Last Friday in a Conference 3A tie-breaker game, Holliday once again beat Nocona, this time by a count of 57-43 at Burkburnett High School.
This was yet another physical clash between the Indians and Eagles, leaving players battered, bruised, and even bloodied.
“They have all that size inside,” Nocona head coach Tyson Mankin said regarding why Holliday has been such a tough match-up for the Indians.
“We have to spend a lot of energy and effort defending those guys,” Mankin continued. “That leaves their guards with open looks, and they’ve been knocking down shots against us.”
Nocona is 17-13 overall, and 10-5 in 3A-9, which was good enough for third place. The Indians will play Whitesboro at 7:45 p.m. tonight in a Conference 3A bi-district game scheduled for Decatur.
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Nocona High School’s Kameron Hill (center) and Cristian Ibarra (right) battle for possession of the ball with Holliday’s Easton Stringer during the second half of Friday’s District 3A-9 playoff game at Burkburnett High School. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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