SPORTS
Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost a heartbreaker at City View on Friday as the Mustangs won in the final seconds with a layup putting them ahead to win 44-43.
Nocona started out the game in control as they handled City View’s press good enough while playing inside-out on offense. The Indians led 23-17 at halftime.
Nocona still had the lead heading into the fourth quarter 33-29, but it was too small to feel comfortable.
Play went back and forth in the final period. The Indians lead was 43-42 in the final minute when the Mustangs scored on a layup with 11 seconds left in the game.
The Indians had one more chance to take back the lead, but a turnover against City View’s press crushed that chance, giving the Mustangs the win.
The loss drops the Indians to fifth place, one game behind Henrietta and Holliday. If Nocona won at home against the Bearcats on Tuesday, it could set up a play-in game later this week for the final playoff spot in the district.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers hosted Bellevue in their final home game of the season on Friday.
The Panthers won by a comfortable margin 64-51 as the Panthers locked in finishing no lower than second in district play.
Coach Lyndon Cook liked the way his team played overall.
“We had guys locked in defensively and making shots for us to take a 36-19 lead at half,” Cook said. “The second half was less comfortable as Bellevue did a great job fighting us for everything, but the seniors on this team have been here before and did a great job keeping them at a distance the rest of the way.”
The Panthers do not know who they will play yet in the bi-district round, but do have plans to play a tune-up game at Electra at 6 p.m. on Feb. 21.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns played their final game of the season on Friday at home against Midway.
The Longhorns could not send the fans home with a win as the playoff bound Falcons won 59-33.
It was a close first half as Forestburg kept pace with Midway, having a great second quarter to cut the lead to one 21-20 heading into halftime.
The Falcons got hot in the third quarter from deep, making four 3-pointers while the Longhorns struggled. Midway outscored Forestburg 18-4 in the quarter to get a big lead.
While the Longhorns were able to get to the free throw line a bit in the fourth quarter, it was not enough to make up any ground as five different Falcons scored in the final period.
Going forward, Coach Eldon Van Hooser hopes the team can improve in all facets with the district not getting any easier for the next two years.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears faced state-ranked and district champ Slidell in their final home game of the season on Friday.
The Bears fell to the state power and defending state champions 79-20 as the young team had trouble keeping up with the high powered offense of the Greyhounds.
Gold-Burg scored 10 points in the first quarter in what could have been a great start, but Slidell scored 29 points as well.
The Greyhounds kept their foot on the gas pedal the next two quarters while the Bears struggled, before easing up in the fourth quarter. Gold-Burg outscored them 6-4, but it did not make much of difference in the final.
Gold-Burg finished its season on the road at Bellevue on Tuesday night. Look in the weekend paper to see how the Bears did.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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