SPORTS
Nocona teams go 3-1 at holiday tournaments
After the holiday break, it was good return to form for both of Nocona’s basketball teams at their holiday tournaments Dec. 26-28.
Both teams went 3-1 with the boy’s playing at the Windthorst Holiday Classic and the girl’s team winning the consolation at the Caprock Classic in west Texas.
The Lady Indians started the tournament against Lubbock Christian. After an explosive first half for Nocona, the Lady Eagles put the breaks on the Lady Indians scoring in the second half.
Nocona only scored 14 points total in the third and fourth quarter to lose to the private school 59-50.
The loss bumped the Lady Indians into the consolation bracket where they next played Smyer, a 2A school. Nocona played much more consistently in a game it controlled from the start.
Each quarter the Lady Indians scored at least 12 points while the Lady Cats never scored more than eight in any quarter. Nocona easily won 57-25 to bounce back from the first game.
The Lady Indians next played a stat-ranked 1A team in Morton. Nocona had a slow second quarter as Morton held a small 22-19 lead at halftime. The Lady Indians came out and doubled their score in the third quarter to take the lead and did not let go.
Nocona would go on to win 53-42 to qualify for the consolation championship.
Waiting for the Lady Indians was Sundown, a 2A team. A 23-point second quarter allowed Nocona to establish a 35-21 lead at halftime.
The second half was more slow-paced as neither team scored much, which allowed the Lady Indians to hang on to win 52-41.
Nocona hosts Gainesville at 5:30 p.m. in its final pre-district game.
The boy’s team started off its tournament playing a 2A team North Hopkins.
It was a slow down, low scoring game with every point needing to be earned. It was close down the stretch, but late game execution lacked for Nocona as the Panthers won by one point 27-26.
“We were not prepared for some late game situations and I take responsibility, but we were able to move forward and win games to finish,” Coach Colby Schniederjan said.
Finish the Indians did. Nocona earned one-sided wins against Electra (57-40) Santo (50-23) and tournament host Windthorst (51-34) to close out the tournament.
Point guard Landry McCasland was named to the all-tournament team.
In a wide open district with all teams featuring vastly different personnel and game plans, Nocona has three more games to play before district play starts. The Indians host Gaineville at 7 p.m. on Jan. 7.
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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