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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their first game of the season on Tuesday at Alvord.
The Lady Indians won 66-51 against the Lady Bulldogs.
Nocona has had a late start to its season thanks to the district shutting down in person learning the previous week, but the experienced team played well enough in the first game.
It was a tight first half with the Lady Indians only leading 28-26 at halftime. After that the offense executed better and Alvord could not keep up.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 31 points despite not scoring any points in the first quarter.
Post player Karlee Brown joined her in double-digits with 13 points.
The team totaled eight 3-pointers during the game
Nocona’s next scheduled game is at 2:30 p.m. at Melissa on Nov. 21.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won their opening game of the season on Tuesday at home against Chillicothe.
The Lady Bulldogs took a one-sided game 42-21 despite the Lady Eagles already having a few games under their belt.
Hailey Winkler led the team with 16 points, nine rebounds and six steals. Carmen Gomez scored eight points and had four assists. Molly Gilleland also chipped in eight points.
Prairie Valley’s next scheduled game is scheduled for noon on Nov. 24 at home against Vernon Northside.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won their first game of the season on Tuesday at home against Savoy.
The Lady Panthers won by double-digits with the score 31-19.
New head coach Daniel Lindenborn was pleased to win the first game of the season, but sees a lot to improve.
“As a coaching staff, we felt the girls did well,” Lindenborn said. “Learning a new system under a different coaching staff is no easy task. We had moments where the girls ran the offense and defense very well. Everyone agrees there are many areas we can improve in. Overall, we are excited to keep moving forward and hopefully continue to improve each week.”
Saint Jo is next scheduled to play at Notre Dame at 6 p.m. on Nov. 23.
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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