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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Nocona troubles Paradise

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
The Nocona High School volleyball team earned its second home sweep of the week, defeating Paradise by scores of 25-22, 25-16, 25-16 on Saturday.
Even with such a convincing win, head coach Tiffany Clay knows Nocona can play even better.
“We didn’t play as well as I would have liked, but a win is a win,” Clay said. “Regardless of our competition, we strive to be better.”
Nocona improved to 17-13 overall, and 4-1 in District 3A-9.
Paradise isn’t the same daunting team as was the case in years past because the Lady Panthers lost a chunk of players from the 2014 squad due to graduation.
In the opening set, Paradise was down 20-18 before Nocona won five of the final seven points – finishing off the first stanza on a Lady Panther attack error.
Nocona won the first five points of the second set as Sherese Price put down a couple of kills and Magye Fenoglio served up an ace.
The Lady Panthers sliced the Lady Indian lead to 13-12 before Nocona stretched out its lead again with several Price tips and a Chloey Hamilton ace serve.
Holliday tops Bowie in four games
The Bowie High School volleyball team suffered its second loss of the week, dropping a four-set match to homestanding Holliday by scores of 25-18, 22-25, 25-19, 25-23 on Saturday.
Bowie stands at 17-11, 2-3 in District 3A-9. Still, the Lady Rabbits hold the final playoff spot through five games because of a road win over Boyd.
Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said the team played much better against Holliday than Nocona, but still missed 13 serves and had unforced errors which precluded the Lady Rabbits from possibly taking the fourth set.
The team played host to City View on Tuesday.
Addy Cook continues her exemplary play with 17 kills, 12 assists, 11 digs and an overall .316 attack percentage. Read more, and see complete district standings, in The Bowie News.
Nocona’s Camry Tompkins (12) prepares for the kill during Saturday’s District 3A-9 match against Paradise in Nocona. The Lady Indians dispatched the Lady Panthers in three. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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Bowie track breaks school records at Santos

Several Bowie athletes competed at the Wildcat Relays in Santos on March 20.
A couple of athletes did well enough to break school records along with placing well in their events.
Samara McChesney got second place in the girl’s pole vault with a vault of 8 feet 6 inches, breaking the school record for the Lady Rabbits.
Isaac Renteria got first place in the 3200 meter race, with his time of 9:59 that broke the school’s record in the event.
There were several athletes who also did well for Bowie even if they did not break school records.
Brayden Willett got first in the 800 meters and second in the 3200 meter race.
Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and got second in the high jump. Tyler Richey got second in the 110 meter hurdles.
Laney Segura and Ollie Gaston got third and fourth in the 800 meter race.
Olivia Richey got fifth in the 100 meter hurdles and Angela Alvarez got fifth in the 3200 meter race.
Both the boy and girl teams competed in the 4×100 relay event and finished in sixth place.
To see results for all varsity athletes who finished in the top six in their events, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Softball Roundup

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians went 1-1 in their first round of district play last week.
The Lady Indians won a competitive game at Era 5-2, but then fell to Muenster by run-rule 15-0 after four innings.
Nocona came in with a big winning streak, but most of the wins were against familiar teams and the Lady Indians knew they would have to play at their best in a district that is expected to be tough.
The Lady Indians played at Era on March 18. The Lady Hornets took the early lead 1-0 in the first inning. Nocona tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning when Kaitlyn Tiffner scored on the base paths thanks to an error.
Era got the lead back with one run in the fourth inning , but then the Lady Indians got their first lead in the fifth inning. Ma’leigha Franklin drove in two runs on a sacrifice fly ball to put Nocona up 3-2.
The Lady Indians got some insurance in the sixth inning when Tinley Cable hit a two-run inside the park home run.
Nocona held on to win 5-2. Kylea Wallace led the team two hits as the team only had six all game. The hits were extremely opportunistic for the Lady Indians to score as much as they did.
Reagan Phipps allowed only two runs on seven hits while striking out 12 batters and walking three. The defense committed only one fielding error behind her.
Nocona was happy to get the close win to start district, but then came a big dose of bummer that threw sand in the potato salad of last week.
It was the Lady Indians home district opener, but Muenster had a huge second inning scoring 11 runs and it was all over from there. Nocona only got one hit from Phipps on offense as the Lady Indians lost 15-0 after four innings.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers were able to pick up a win against 1A Bryson last week, but fell to Graford and Perrin-Whitt later.
The Lady Panthers beat the Cowgirls 19-4, but then fell to 2A Graford 18-6 and fellow 1A team Perrin-Whitt 23-13.
Saint Jo played Bryson at home on March 18 and dominated, getting the win in three innings by run-rule 19-4.
Symbri Evans led the team with three RBIs while Kamron Skidmore and Mercedes Diaz each drove in two runs each. The team drew 15 walks and were hit by seven pitches.
So all three hits were big deals, like Skidmore hitting a home run.
Maxey Johnson allowed four runs (three earned) on two hits while striking out four batters. The defense committed only two fielding errors.
The next two games saw Saint Jo walk too many batters to keep the games close. Against Graford the team walked 15 batters and against Perrin-Whitt it was 16 batters.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Bowie golf ready for district tournament

The Bowie golf teams competed last week in their final events before district play starts this week.
The Lady Rabbits played at the Jim Ned Invitational at Shady Oaks and got second place. The boy’s team played in the Waxahachie Spring Fling at the Golf Club of Dallas and got sixth place.
The girl’s team shot 391 and was led by Miley Thompson who scored 91 and got third place individually. Tess Egenbacher (95), Hanna Bell (101) and Kendall Fallis (104) rounded out the team’s score.
Lillie Maddox shot 108, but it did not add to the team’s total.
Reegen Ferguson competed individually and shot 97.
The boy’s team shot 351 and the player with the lowest score was Hunter Lea who got an 83. Zac Harris (85) Huntter Fluitt (90) and Rayder Mann (93) rounded out the team’s final score.
Caden Belcher’s score of 96 did not add to the team’s total.
Cason Airington competed individually and shot an 86.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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