SPORTS
Lady Indians take Childress at buzzer
It was a memorable senior night for the Nocona Lady Indians on Friday as they avenged their only loss in district in dramatic fashion.
Thanks to a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer from Averee Kleinhans, the Lady Indians avoided overtime as they beat Childress 43-40. With one game to go, the win puts Nocona in first place in the district.
The Lady Indians knew they were in for a tough night when the Lady Cats tall post player Grace Foster scored 10 points both inside and out halfway through the first quarter as Childress led 10-3.
Nocona got back into the game by pushing the ball in transition for scores at the basket from Kleinhans, but the Lady Cats led 12-10 heading into the second quarter.
Childress was able to make a few three-pointers as they stayed a couple of scores ahead of the Lady Indians in the second quarter. Foster continued to walk her way into pull-up three-pointers and drives to the basket. Even with an extra defender coming in to help, she was able to score. A three-pointer at the buzzer from Foster put the Lady Cats up 28-23, with Foster scoring 20 of their points.
Nocona needed to make some adjustments, but with no players as physically as imposing as her, Coach Kyle Spitzer knew it would take the team.
The Lady Indians came out ready to play in the third quarter as Kleinhans scored five points to tie up the game in the first minute and half. Childress tried to take advantage of Foster’s size by trying to post her up, but Nocona’s Rachel Patrick was put on her to make her work.
Patrick would front Foster in the post so that her teammates would have to throw the ball over her, but a second defender was ready to come over and double if they tried to make the pass. This seemed to crater the Lady Cats offense as no one else was able to get a good shot at the basket as they hesitated to risk a tough pass inside to Foster.
Only once were they able to get her the ball and she scored while picking up a foul, making the free throw. It proved to be the only points of the quarter for Childress.
Kleinhans continued to her scoring as she scored five more points while Brooke O’Neal added a running basket over Foster. The Lady Indians took the lead 35-31 heading into the fourth quarter with all the momentum.
The fourth quarter was much slower paced than any of the quarters had been. Midway through the fourth, with Nocona up 38-33, the Lady Indians started to stall and run some clock. The Lady Cats were able to cut the lead to 40-38 with less than two minutes to go.
Both teams missed several free throws before Childress tied the game with less than a minute to go and had a chance to take the lead twice, but air balled both shots.
Nocona had the ball with five seconds left taking it out from underneath its basket. The ball made its way to Kleinhans hands who raced up the floor and veered a little to the right center just beyond the arc.
With two defenders contesting, including the tall Foster, Kleinhans tried her best to draw contact to maybe get a foul call before releasing. No foul was called, but the ball went through the hoop as the buzzer sounded, giving the Lady Indians a 43-40 victory.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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