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Girls Basketball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians dominated in their opening game of the 2018-19 season with a 73-53 win against Vernon on Saturday.
The Nocona Lady Indians led 16-11 by the end of the first quarter, but the Lady Lions fought back and were down just one point, 31-30, as the teams entered halftime.
The Lady Indians outscored the Lady Lions 16-11 in the third, but with Averee Kleinhans back in the fourth, they broke wide open with a 25-12 lead to take the win 73-53. Kleinhans led the offense with 24 points. Trystin Fenoglio also scored in double digits with 14 points, while Brooke O’Neal added 10.
“Vernon hung around a lot longer than we expected them to, but the first quarter we broke out to a 10-point lead pretty quick, then they battled back. We had a lot of bad turnovers, but we ran the floor okay so there are some good takeaway, but definitely a lot of stuff we have to work on,” said the coach.
Spitzer hopes to see an improvement in his team’s three-point shooting, as well as defense after the Lady Lions managed to score 53 points, but offensively his team put up 73, which he was pleased with.
The Lady Indians game against Iowa Park has been rescheduled for Saturday. The junior varsity will begin at 11 a.m. with varsity immediately following.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles triumphed over Ector in a 55-36 game on the road Friday to win their third game.
However, despite the win, it was a difficult game for many of the players.
“The first half we didn’t play very well. The girls had heard about the young lady in Bowie who passed in a car wreck, and a lot of the girls knew her, so that weighed in on their minds,” said Bellevue Lady Eagles Coach John McGee. “However, we talked them through that and the second half they played much better.”
McGee said they discussed focus at the half, and the girls went out and took control of the game.
Sophomore Kaylee Trail led the Lady Eagles with 14 points, followed by FreeDom Morris and Cassie Simpson who tallied 13 points each.
Zoe Berry added an additional six points, Sky-Lar Embry had five and Bre Malaer contributed four.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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