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LOCAL NOTEBOOK: NCTC’s Potter player of the week
North Central Texas College outside hitter Kelsey Potter has been named the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference volleyball player of the week.
Potter, a 5-foot-9 freshman who played her senior season for former Nocona head coach Sandy Langford in Glen Rose, peppered 29 kills, recorded 38 digs and put up six solo ace blocks for the week from Sept. 13-19.
Potter is ranked third in the nation in total kills, and she also posted a season-high 22 digs. She made less than 10 errors in 120 swings in two conference matches – and had double-digit kills and digs in both matches.
She hit .246 in the match against Temple College.
Junior golf tourney this weekend
The North Texas Junior Golf Tour will have a special fall event at 2 p.m. on Sept. 26 at Runaway Bay Golf Club.
Sign-up is still available.
The entry fee is $30 for this tournament only.
Mail entry fees to: 4100 Weeks Park Lane No. 152, Wichita Falls, Texas 76308.
This is the first of three fall tournaments, with others scheduled for Oct. 17 in Jacksboro on Sept. 7 in Decatur.
More information is available on the website: www.ntjgt.weebly.com, or call Terry McCutchen at 1-817-243-4034.
Bass association will have open house
The Texas High School Bass Association will have an open house at 6 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Bass Pro Shops beside Lake Ray Hubbard in Garland.
Pre-registration will take place for the Lake Ray Hubbard Tournament on Sept. 26.
There will be door prizes, and a seminar is set for 7 p.m.
The special guest speak is Fishing League Worldwide professional James Briggs.
There will be a special 10 percent discount on tackle with your THSBA membership card.
Kelsey Potter was named player of the week. Potter, from Glen Rose, is an outside hitter who played for former Nocona coach Sandy Langford during her senior year for the Tigers. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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