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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Nocona brooms Bowie

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By ERIC VICCARO
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Conventional wisdom suggested that Tuesday’s District 3A-9 match between the Nocona and Bowie High School volleyball teams would be quite competitive.
However, injury-depleted Bowie didn’t have enough depth and Nocona rolled to a sweep of the Lady Rabbits by scores of 25-20, 25-16, 25-21.
Nocona improved to 16-11, 3-1 in 3A-9 heading into today’s home match versus Paradise. Bowie travels to Holliday with a record of 17-12, 2-2 in the district.
Lady Indians coach Tiffany Clay told her charges they needed to play with more urgency after a district-opening loss to Holliday.
“Our district is pretty evenly matched, so the difference between the teams sitting at home in the bi-district (playoffs) and the teams that advance will be those who are mentally tough and show up to compete at each game,” the coach commented.
Clay said the girls have increased their expectations, including what they want from this season.
“Bowie made some errors which allowed the momentum to stay on our side most of the game,” Clay added.
Nocona had very few hitting errors and the team produced a .260 attack percentage, and the Lady Rabbit defense had trouble with the Lady Indians.
“We had some errors at the net,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said. “With those unforced errors, we went away from our game plan and our system. We never seemed to regain it until the final part of third set.” Read more, and see complete statistics, in the weekend Bowie News.

Nocona High School’s Sherese Price (11) prepares to put down a kill while Bowie’s Addy Cook (10) tries to block during Tuesday’s District 3A-9 match between the Lady Indians and Lady Rabbits. Nocona won in three sets. (News photo by Eric Viccaro) 

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Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers were able to win a one-sided game at Dodd City on Tuesday.
The Panthers won 41-22 against the Hornets as they try and ramp back up after the holidays to get ready for district play.
Saint Jo had an up and down performance at its tournament in North Hopkins the previous week as it tries to get the rust off caused by the holiday break.
The first quarter was competitive as the Panthers got scoring from four different players. Saint Jo held Dodd City to only one field goal, but several free throws allowed the Hornets to trail only 12-7 after the first quarter.
The Panther defense cleaned up the fouling while continuing to make any shot an easy one for Dodd City. This allowed Saint Jo to grow its lead as the game went along.
The Panthers allowed the Hornets to never score more than eight points in a quarter while they scored modestly in the double-digits in three of the quarters.
Saint Jo led 22-11 at halftime, 34-19 after three quarters before allowing only three points in the final period to make it 41-22.

Nocona girls
The Nocona Lady Indians stayed undefeated in district with a blowout win at home against Windthorst on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Trojans 78-27 in a game that was not close at all.
Nocona came into the game confident with, easily winning its first three district games before the holiday break before playing several tough teams at the Championship Basketball Tournament last week where it went 2-2.
The Lady Indians were up 15-8 after the first quarter and 33-17 at halftime. Despite leading by double-digits, Nocona upped its intensity in the second half by outscoring Windthorst 24-3 in the third quarter.
The Lady Indians scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to end the game with the ludicrous score of 78-27.

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The Nocona Indians lost their first district game of the season, losing a tough game at home against Windthorst.
The Trojans won 63-52 in a game where one bad quarter from the Indians was all it took.
Nocona came into the game after starting district 1-0 with a win against Olney before the break. The Indians struggled in their holiday tournament last week in Bridgeport, but it was mostly against bigger schools.
It was a low-scoring first quarter as Nocona led only 9-7, but were in control.
Then the second quarter came and the Trojans flipped the game on its head.
Windthorst exploded for 26 points, scored all by three of its players as the low-scoring game was burst open.
On the flip side, the Indians scored only eight points while making one field goal in the quarter. Nocona found itself down 33-17 at halftime.
The Indians bounced back a little in the third quarter, outscoring the Trojans 14-11 to make it 47-31 heading into the final period.
The fourth quarter was high scoring for both team. Nocona easily had its best offensive quarter, with 21 points scored as six different players made at least one basket.
Unfortunately, the Indians could not slow down Windthorst to try and make a comeback. The Trojans attempted 17 free throws in the period alone and made enough of them to nearly equal Nocona’s total, finishing with 19 points.
Windthorst won 62-53.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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