SPORTS
Nocona runs Gainesville out of the gym 67-26
The Nocona girls played their final non-district game at home on Tuesday with a drubbing of Gainesville.
The Lady Indians easily beat the Lady Leopards 67-26.
The smaller Nocona team eventually started to run Gainesville out of the gym midway through the first quarter. The Lady Leopards were bigger than the Lady Indians and early on used it to keep pace with offensive rebounds.
Nocona led 8-6 with four minutes left to play in the quarter when the Lady Indians defense came alive and started forcing steals on the ball and off the ball.
Nocona pushed the ball in transition and in just two minutes went on a 9-2 run to go up 17-8. The Lady Indians finished the quarter strong with six more points to go up double-digits 23-8 heading into the second quarter.
Nocona continued to force turnovers against the lose ball handlers from Gainesville, clogging the lane and daring the Lady Leopards to shoot.
Once the rhythm of pushing the ball against a lack transition defense became the preferred strategy, the Lady Indians kept it up even as more of the bench got put on the court. Nocona led 38-16 at halftime.
The Lady Indians spent a lot of the second half resting their starters as getting varsity experience to every available player with the lead intact. Gainesville was kept frustrated the pressure on the ball forced turnovers which continued to lead to good offensive chances in transition.
There was no worry about any lulls that allowed the Lady Leopards to come back as Nocona’s lead grew to 56-20 heading into the fourth quarter.
The final quarter was the slowest paced of the whole game as the teams played until the final whistle with the outcome already known.
A fun moment happened when Laramie Hayes, in her second game back from injury, hit an open three-point shot that got the whole bench jumping.
The Lady Indians would go on to win 67-26.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 17 points in limited playing time. Raylee Sparkman had a great game off the bench scoring 15 points.
Nocona started district on Friday. The Lady Indians home district opener will start at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 against Henrietta.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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