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Nocona volleyball finishes second at Buckle Up for Lane
The Nocona Lady Indians volleyball team played in its last tournament of the season last week with the hosted “Buckle Up for Lane’s Sake.”
Named after Nocona High School student Lane Fenoglio, who died in an auto accident in 1998, the tournament had 25 of the area’s top teams compete for area pride.
The host Lady Indians almost won it all, losing the championship game of the gold bracket to one of the top ranked teams in the state in 3A Boyd.
In pool play on Thursday, Nocona started out the tournament on a tough note. Sanger gave the Lady Indians issues, winning a close second set 27-25 to force a third set Nocona was able to pull out 25-21.
After the opening match the Lady Indians won their next three matches on the day against Electra, Burkburnett and Callisburg all in straight sets.
With no losses in pool play, Nocona qualified for the gold bracket on Saturday with a top seed. Still it would not be easy.
The Lady Indians faced off against Iowa Park. The Lady Hawks won the first set 25-22 to give Nocona a pause. The Lady Indians were able to regroup and win the next two sets and keeping Iowa Park out of the 20s with scores 25-18 and 25-16.
The next match against Melissa was not any easier. After winning the first set easily 25-17, the Lady Cardinals won the second set 25-22 to force a third set. It could have gone either way, but Nocona won the set by the narrowest of margins 25-23 to make it to the championship game.
Boyd came into the championship match without having lost a set all tournament. The Lady Indians gave it their best shot and made the Lady Yellowjackets earn it in set one with a 25-21 win. The second set got away from Nocona as Boyd won 25-8 to win the tournament title.
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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