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Nocona basketball teams play in first tournaments
The Nocona basketball teams both traveled to their first tournaments of the season last week.
The Lady Indians traveled to Alvord and came away with the tournament championship while the boy’s team was challenged and did well at Franklin.
The first team in their way was Callisburg. The Lady Indians made quick work of the Lady Cats, winning 57-4. Averee Kleinhans led the team with 32 points, with 27 coming in the first half against the overmatched team.
Nocona next played traditional 1A power Slidell. The Lady Indians made sure it was no contest again with a dominant showing, winning 76-19. Kleinhans scored 33 points while Kylie Rose was second with 16 points, making four three-pointers.
Iowa Park proved to be Nocona’s toughest game of the tournament as the teams both scored quite a bit of points. The Lady Indians kept their streak of 70-point games in the tournament going while the Lady Hawks tried to keep up. Nocona would win 71-51. Kleinhans led with 22 points while Karlee Brown scored 15 points and Rose would score 14.
The win put the Lady Indians in the championship game against the tournament host Lady Bulldogs. Nocona came just short of scoring 70 points for the fourth straight game, but with its defense holding Alvord to two points in the first and third quarters, the Lady Indians total points was more than enough. Nocona won 65-36.
Kleinhans led the team with 34 points, just short of outscoring the Lady Bulldogs team. Sydni Messer added 12 points to join her in double figures.
The Nocona boy’s team did not come away with a tournament title, but the team went 2-3 against some challenging, unfamiliar teams with Franklin being three and half hours away.
The Indians first played a home schooled team, Aggieland, from College Station. Nocona would win 63-53. Next against Groesbeck, the Indians would win 75-38.
Some games against state ranked teams like the tournament host and Central Heights did not go well as the Indians offense struggled to score. The Lions would win 66-28 and the Blue Devils 39-22. Nocona would end the tournament against Navasota, losing 49-31.
Coach Colby Schniederjan felt like the tournament provided an adequate challenge for his team going forward, with so many unfamiliar teams giving different looks.
“We saw really good teams with different game plans and versions of basketball,” Schniederjan said. “It was exactly what you want in a tournament. We fought through adversity and played a lot of minutes. Some of our weaknesses were spotlighted which only gives us things to work on and continue to better. We only gained positive things from this weekend.”
The Nocona boy’s team head to another tournament this weekend at Jacksboro. The Lady Indians next play at Ponder at 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 13.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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