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YOUTH SPORTS: Nocona wins pair of Little Dribblers’ titles

Published

9 years ago

04/27/2017

The Nocona Little Dribblers program had another fine showing in the season-ending Continental National championships at Mt. Pleasant last week.
Nocona earned two championships and finished third overall in two other divisions at the event, which featured 140 games in four days.
Overall, Nocona won the Senior Girls and Junior Girls divisions.
Kylie Rose knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer to lift Nocona in the Senior Girls championship with a 45-43 overtime victory against Snook.
It was Rose’s only basket of the game; but, it was the one that mattered most.
“It was the game of the tournament, and I saw a lot of games,” said Little Dribblers tournament director Keith Strickland. “They (Nocona) was down one, but won by two.”
In a related note, Senior Girl Averee Kleinhans established a new tournament record with 136 points in five games.
The previous record was set in 1990, but that was 98 points over the course of seven games. Read more in the April 26 Bowie News.

(In no particular order) The Nocona Little Dribblers Junior Girls’ squad consisting of Tinley Cable, Jesse Howard, Sadie Jacobs, Skye Kirby, Aubree Kleinhans, Megyn Meekins, Ayden Patton, Reagan Phipps, Jacie Pirkey, Jolie Rose, Bayler Smith and Kaygan Stone show off their trophies after beating Frankston on Saturday at the Continental National Tournament in Mt. Pleasant. (Courtesy photo)

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Norwood new Bowie boys hoop coach

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4 days ago

04/30/2026

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Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.

Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.

“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”

Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News

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Nocona softball falls to Archer City

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4 days ago

04/30/2026

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Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.

The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.

Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.

Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Lady Rabbits win bi-district

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4 days ago

04/30/2026

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Culture. It’s a beautiful word.

Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.

After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.

Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.