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Nocona teams go 10-0
The Nocona basketball teams had a banner weekend, with both boys and girls teams going undefeated at their respective tournaments to win the overall tournament championship.
The Indians went 4-0 to win the tournament in Jacksboro while the Lady Indians went 6-0 to win the tournament at Valley View.
The Nocona boys came into the tournament having lost closely its first two games of the season against Archer City and Lipan. They came in needing to see some good things happen for them before folks started to panic.
The Indians easily won their opening game of the tournament against Midway 49-26.
Nocona’s next game was against tournament host Jacksboro. The game was closer, but the Indians still ended up winning easily 58-42.
Nocona got a measure of revenge in their next game as they got a rematch against Archer City, who beat them to open the season.
Showing how far the Indians have come in such a short time, Nocona was able to win by double digits 51-40.
The win got the Indians into the tournament championship game against Godley on Saturday. It was a close game that went into overtime, but Nocona was able to come out on top 47-43 to earn overall tournament champion.
The Nocona girls were able to stay undefeated despite playing six games in three days at the tournament in Valley View.
The Lady Indians played its first game against Blue Ridge. They were able to expand their lead to double digits in the second quarter and never looked back as they won 48-31.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 28 points while Laramie Hayes was second with six.
Nocona next played Boyd. The Lady Yellowjackets hung in with the Lady Indians for a half to keep the game within single digits, but Nocona pulled away in the second half as they won easily 59-32.
The Lady Indians first game of the second day was against Bonham, who did not stand a chance as Nocona won 47-28.
Tournament host Valley View was up next and gave the Lady Indians their best test so far as Nocona won a close and relatively low scoring game 37-30.
The Lady Indians had a rematch against Boyd and the game was much different to the first game. Down 41-32 heading into the fourth quarter, Nocona was able to lock in and pull out the 44-43 win thanks to their defense.
The win put them in the championship game. In another rematch, the Lady Indians faced off against the Lady Eagles from Valley View.
The game was much more high scoring than the first matchup and much closer. The game went into overtime, but Nocona was able to pull out the win 56-52 to win the overall tournament.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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