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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Nocona advances to Gold Bracket

Published

11 years ago

09/07/2015

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com

The Nocona High School volleyball team won three of four matches in pool play on Thursday, and that sent the Lady Indians to the Gold Bracket today.
“We played well most of the time, and were able to work on speeding our offense up,” said Nocona head coach Tiffany Clay.
“The gold bracket has 10 solid teams in it so the competition should be great all day Saturday.”
Nocona improved to 13-8 on the season, and the Lady Indians will face Sanger at 11 a.m. today in the opening round of the Gold Bracket. The match will take place in the middle school gymnasium.
The Gold Bracket features Conference 3A No. 1 Peaster plus District 3A-9 defending champion Henrietta, Vernon – who won all four of its matches Thursday – Callisburg, Burkburnett, Boyd, Celina and Saginaw.
Vernon defeated Nocona 16-25, 25-18, 25-21, but then the Lady Indians earned three straight wins.
Nocona topped Paradise 25-7, 25-22, Petrolia 25-9, 25-18 and Munday 25-6, 25-6.
In the loss to Vernon, Magye Fenoglio was one of three Lady Indians to record double-digit digs with 22. Angel Rhudy and Chloe Hamilton finished with 13 and 10 digs, respectively. Sherese Price pounded down a team-best 13 kills.
The Lady Indians had little trouble with Paradise as Payton Ferguson and Price teamed up for 19 kills. Mackie Trumbull added two solo ace blocks and Fenoglio scooped up 22 digs. Jamie Carpenter dished off a team-best 16 assists. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.

Nocona High School’s Sherese Price blocks at the net during Thursday’s match against Paradise. Price produced 11 kills and one solo ace block right here as the Lady Indians won three of four matches at their own Buckle Up For Lane’s Sake Tournament. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

SPORTS

Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory

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2 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.

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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney

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2 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.

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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages

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2 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.