SPORTS
Girls Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians were able to secure another home win against Henrietta on Friday with a strong second half.
Despite trailing at halftime, the Lady Indians were able to win by a big margin 59-36.
A low scoring second quarter that saw Nocona score only six points led to the Lady Cats leading 21-18 at halftime.
The Lady Indians were able to more than double their score in the third quarter alone as they scored 26 points, including four three-pointers.
With Henrietta’s offense struggling to score after the first quarter, Nocona was able to keep the offensive energy up in the fourth as they closed the game strong to win 59-36.
Averee Kleinhans almost equaled the Lady Cats total, scoring 34 points. Brooke O’Neal was second with 10 points, with eight coming in that big third quarter.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs were able to pick up an important road district win on Friday at Midway.
Thanks to a strong second quarter, the Lady Bulldogs were able to win a low scoring game 40-27.
They had to play most of the first half without their senior starter Kincaid Johnson, who went down with an injury. She was able to return in the second half to help contribute to the win with four points.
Prairie Valley was able to break the Lady Falcons press for most of the game and avoid disastrous turnovers from all the trapping Midway likes to do.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter most liked what she saw from her team at the free throw line as the Lady Bulldogs went 12 for 13, easily making the final score as cushy as it was.
Sydni Messer led the team with nine points while Emily Carpenter was second with seven. Molly Gilleland, Hailey Winkler and Shelby Roof each added six points as well.
Bellevue
The Lady Eagles lost the home rematch against Slidell on Friday.
Losing a low scoring, but competitive close 34-33 game, the Lady Eagles almost would have wrapped up the district title if they would have beaten the Lady Greyhounds on Friday.
Slidell’s 1-3-1 defense gave Bellevue’s offense fits all night. Turnovers were an issue that never fully got the Lady Eagles explosive offense in rythymn.
Coach John Mcgee suspects the large crowd and the big moment made his team a little nervous as several missed free throws down the stretch could have turned the game in their favor.
“Slidell really didn’t do anything that gave us trouble,” Mcgee said. “We had an answer for everything they presented, but we threw the ball away too many times in the first half and in the fourth quarter.”
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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