SPORTS
Lady Indians win first two games
The Nocona Lady Indians kicked off their season with two wins last week.
The Lady Indians picked up one-sided wins against Springtown, 64-45, and against Vernon in their home opener 78-55.
Besides a little bit of a slow start against the Lady Porcupines, neither game saw Nocona trail or sweat too much.
Returning all-state player and last years’ area’s leading scorer Averee Kleinhans is back for her junior campaign and led the Lady Indians in both games with 16 and 25 points. Her cousin and senior point guard Trystin Fenoglio also put up double figures in both games with 14 and 13 points, but this year Coach Kyle Spitzer hopes is more than just a retread of last year’s success.
Gone are tough defenders Brooke O’Neal and Rachel Patrick. Last year starting post player Laramie Hayes is out for the season with an injury she suffered during volleyball. Valuable bench player and potential starter Chloe Daughtry hopes to be ready to play sooner rather than later, but will not be rushed back.
While last year’s team accomplished a lot of things a Nocona team had not done in awhile with a district title and run in the playoffs that ended in the regional quarterfinals, Spitzer wants this year’s team to be judged for this season.
“We had a lot of things go our way last year,” Spitzer said. “We won a lot of close games and had some balls bounce our way at the end of games. Some people may say if we don’t win as many games as we did last year that we are not as good, but I want this year’s team to be measured by what they do and not what last year’s team did.”
Last year’s district race was tight with Childress and the Lady Indians splitting their games. A Kleinhans buzzer-beater at home gave Nocona its win last year and the Lady Tigers return big post presence Grace Foster.
Within Montague County, an experienced Bowie team returns the majority of last year’s players that took everything the Lady Indians could throw at them to win both games.
A coaching change and revenge on the mind could be the difference for that team looking to take the crown from its rivals.
Holliday is always a program to respect and is never an easy out in any sport. They were the odd playoff team out and will be trying to make noise in a tough district.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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