SPORTS
Nocona Indians lose to Childress 53-34
The Nocona boys hosted a tough Childress team at home on Friday and played them tough until the score got away from them.
The Bobcats would end up winning 53-34 in a game that just seemed to gradually get farther and farther away from the Indians as it went along, which was a shame because they started the game so well.
With Childress trying to find driving lanes to the basket or wanting the push the ball in transition, Nocona gave them no opportunity to for most of the first quarter.
The Bobcats scored their first points with two minutes to go in the quarter while the Indians had executed some good plays in the half court to get open shots at the basket as they were up 6-2.
After the first basket went through, the flood gates seemed to come open. Childress started to press more ferociously, forcing turnovers and getting the Indians out of rhythm while the Bobcats were able to score off of the turnovers.
Childress wrestled the lead away from Nocona 12-10 heading into the second quarter.
From there, the Bobcats slowly pulled away. The little ways the Indians were outplaying Childress in the first quarter swung the other way. Offensive rebounds, outstanding hustle, taking care of the ball and great defense. The Bobcats led 27-18 at halftime, but Nocona was still in the game if they could bounce back.
The teams played to a stalemate in the third quarter as neither team could get much going offensively. The Indians could not cut into the lead any while Childress stayed a comfortable eight to nine points ahead throughout the third quarter as the Bobcats led 35-26 heading into the fourth quarter.
It was in the fourth quarter the wheels started to fall off. Players had been snipping at each other during the game, but some players lost their composure their which resulted in technical fouls.
Frustration grew as the lead got bigger from the Bobcats. The final score was 53-34.
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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