SPORTS
Nocona teams battle on the road
Both of Nocona’s basketball teams had road games on Tuesday night.
The Indians traveled to Archer City and won their season opener 56-45 while the Lady Indians lost their first game of the season at Era 52-45.
The boy’s team got out to a good start in the first quarter making four three-pointers and leading 20-12. While the scoring went down in the second and third quarters for Nocona, the Indians had built a double digit lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Both teams’ offenses came alive in the fourth quarter, with Nocona almost equaling its first quarter start scoring 19 points to close out the game. The Wildcats almost equaled that mark scoring 18, but it was not enough to close a double digit gap as the Indians won 56-45.
The Nocona girl’s team started off the game against the Lady Hornets by falling behind a little as Era Led 14-10 after the first quarter. The second quarter saw the Lady Indians tie the score up at 22-22 at halftime.
The third quarter saw Nocona pull away, outscoring the Lady Hornets 17-7 in the quarter and taking a 39-29 lead. Averee Kleinhans scored 13 of her teams points in the quarter to help build the lead.
Unfortunately, Era came back. The Lady Indians offense stalled out and only scored six points in the quarter. Era exploded to score 23 points with 17 coming from Briana Knabe in the quarter.
It was enough to push the Lady Hornets over the top to win 52-45.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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