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Girls Basketball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played back-to-back road games on Friday and Saturday to kick-start them into the season.
The Lady Indians picked up a win against Godley 72-31, but fell to a tough Melissa team 64-42.
Nocona never had any trouble against the Lady Cats who were first up. The Lady Indians led by double-digits 39-22 after half time and never looked back.
The Lady Indians received their first big test playing the tougher Lady Cardinals the next day. Melissa got out to a big lead 21-8 in the first quarter while never Nocona’s offense never got going.
The Lady Cardinals got the free throw line at will, putting the Lady Indians into foul trouble and throwing them off their game. It was a game to learn from as Nocona looks forward.
Trying to play catch up after a delayed start to the season, Nocona has three games scheduled for this week against Vernon and Midway.
The Lady Indians end the week hosting Alvord at 11 a.m. on Nov. 28.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs beat Bryson on Friday after their original game was canceled.
The Lady Bulldogs won a one-sided game 35-15 thanks to a strong start to the game.
Prairie Valley scored the first 15 points of the game against the Cowgirls. Bryson took all game to equal that total while the Lady Bulldogs kept increasing their lead.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Hailey Winkler was second with 10 points while leading the team with eight steals.
Prairie Valley’s next scheduled game will be a rematch at Bryson at 6 p.m. on Dec. 1.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost their opening game against Newcastle in close fashion.
The Lady Bobcats won 37-33 as the Lady Bears just ran out of time.
Newcastle led by double-digits at halftime 22-10, but Gold-Burg played better as the game went on. Unfortunately, the Lady Bears came up just short.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought it was a great effort for her team in the first game. Down a starter, undersized overall and facing a Newcastle team with four games already played, there was every excuse to give up after a tough first half.
Gold-Burg next scheduled game is hosting Chillicothe at 6 p.m. on Dec. 1.
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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