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LITTLE DRIBBLERS: Nocona junior girls take national title
The Nocona Little Dribblers’ Junior Girls team won its division on Saturday at the Continental National Championship.
Nocona defeated Martin’s Mill 30-26 in the championship game at Nocona Elementary School.
Junior division games are played with an 8½-foot goal.
The team is comprised of Tobie Cable, Cambria Crowson, Bren Fenoglio, Carmen Gomez, Makaylee Gomez, Megyn Meekins, Koda Ray, Karagan Ritchie, Jayce Rose, Tamira Skinner and Skyler Smith.
Lance Meekins and Sommer Smith serve as the coaches for this team.
Nocona played in all three championship games on the girls’ side.
The senior girls suffered a 47-22 loss to Martin’s Mill at Nocona High School in the final game of the entire tournament.
Snook tripped up the Nocona major girls’ team in the title game by a count of 23-21.
All of Nocona’s boys’ teams reached the final four. Neches rallied from a third-quarter double-digit deficit to defeat Tenaha 55-54 at the high school in the senior boys’ championship. Neches won the game with a free throw with no time left. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
A Neches player prepares to hit the game-winning free throw on Saturday afternoon in the boys senior division championship at the Little Dribblers Continental National Tournament. Neches rallied for a 55-54 victory. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (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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