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The Nocona Indians kept their playoff hopes alive on Friday night by winning on senior night against City View.
Despite the Mustangs hanging a loss on the Indians in the first round of district, Nocona was able to get a lead early and finished strong, on the way to a 78-57 win.
An 18-9 first quarter lead led to the Indians leading 32-20 at halftime.
The third quarter was the most competitive as both teams scored a lot. It was all Nocona in the fourth quarter as they hung another 29 points on the Mustangs to finish off the high scoring game with the win.
Adan Delao led the team with 19 points as the Indians were able to break City View’s press all night.
Nocona needed to win its final district game at Henrietta to have a chance at making the playoffs.
Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers were able to clinch the second seed in the district with a win at Bellevue on Friday.
The Panthers won a competitive game 54-44 thanks to their defense getting stops late in the game.
This allowed Saint Jo to pull away and win by the margin they did.
Brock Durham led the Panthers with 19 points and Preston Lyons was second with 16.
The loss and Midway’s win against Forestburg eliminates the Eagles chance at the playoffs heading into their final game of the season at Gold-Burg on Tuesday.
Saint Jo’s playoff information will be posted on the Bowie News social media pages.
Kally Jump will be taking over as head volleyball coach at Bowe High School.
Jump comes to town after a three-year stint as head coach at Class 4A Alvarado. She will be entering her 7th year of coaching this Fall. She replaces Ashley Sanders, who guide the team to a 6-6 finish in District 7-3A and a bi-district loss to Peaster.
After graduating from Tarleton State in 2020, she went to Itasca before going to Alvarado. With a number of family and friends in the area, Jump and her family decided to make the trip North.
Jump, who taught geometry and Algebra 2 at Alvarado, is the daughter of educators, She decided she wanted to be an educator when she was in elementary school.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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