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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Nocona extends Boyd to four
By DANI BLACKBURN
dani@postoakmedia.net
The Nocona Lady Indians had an opportunity to break Boyd’s undefeated district streak on Tuesday night, but ultimately fell to the Conference 3A seventh ranked Lady Yellow Jackets.
Boyd defeated Nocona by scores of 17-25, 25-23, 18-25 and 11-25, but that doesn’t mean the Lady Indians didn’t put up quite a fight.
“I felt like we played one of the best matches we had played all year,” said Head Coach Tiffany Clay. “We were all focused, made good decisions, and most importantly stayed aggressive.”
Payton Ferguson led the aggressive attacks with 16 kills. She also contributed 22 digs and one block assist.
On defense, Magye Fenoglio led the Lady Indians with 29 digs while contributing two ace serves and one set assist.
Setters Trystin Fenoglio and Karson Phipps were on top of their game with a combined 30 set assists. Trystin Fenoglio also contributed 10 digs and one ace, while Phipps added 11 digs and one ace. Read more in the Sept. 24 Bowie News.
Forestburg 3, Collinsville 1
The Forestburg High School volleyball team continued its undefeated district streak when they defeated Collinsville on Tuesday night.
The Lady Longhorns defeated the visiting team by scores of 18-25, 25-14, 25-20 and 25-22.
The victory brought the team’s district record to 4-0, although Head Coach Cori Hayes mentioned two of the next three games are the toughest on Forestburg’s schedule.
Haley Nolan paced the Forestburg offense with 13 kills, 11 assists, four aces and nine digs.
Hope Phipps set the offense up with 13 assists, while contributing 11 kills, eight digs and three aces.
Laci Huddleston led the defense with 11 digs while adding three aces to the scoreboard.
Nocona’s Patricia Espinoza (center) attempts to hit the ball while teammates Magye Fenoglio (left) and Camry Tompkins look on during Tuesday’s District 3A-8 match. (News photo by Dani Blackburn)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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