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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)
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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