SPORTS
VOLLEYBALL: Price, Fenoglio guide Nocona to Lu Allen title
Nocona High School volleyball players Sherese Price and Magye Fenoglio were named to the Lu Allen Tournament team as the Lady Indians won the Division 2 Gold Bracket on Saturday.
The Lady Indians defeated Denver City 25-22, 25-13 for the championship, and the team improved to 8-6 on the season.
The Lu Allen Tournament is named for a former Graham volleyball coach who was tragically killed in a vehicular mishap a decade ago.
“The difference between Friday’s play and Saturday was the girls’ mental approach when they stepped on the court,” Nocona head coach Tiffany Clay said.
Clay said the Lady Indians pulled it all together during Gold Bracket play on Saturday.
“We served more aggressively, which kept their serve receive out of system for the majority of the time, and our blocking was also a big key in the game,” Clay added.
Nocona established a 9-1 lead in the second set, and never looked back.
Fenoglio recorded six of the Lady Indians’ 27 digs, and Mackie Trumbull, Emma Meekins and Ali Walker all had one solo ace block.
Price finished with a team-best nine kills, and she recorded a staunch .429 hitting efficiency.
Chloey Hamilton served up five aces and Angel Rhudy chipped in with three as the Lady Indians hit on 93.8 percent of their attempts from behind the line. Jamie Carpenter supplied six assists, and Hamilton five. Henley Davis added three digs. Read more, and see a volleyball scoreboard, in the weekend Bowie News.
The Nocona High School varsity volleyball team shows off the Lu Allen Division II championship it won on Saturday with a straight-set victory over Denver City. (Courtesy photo)
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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