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Girls basketball roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won both of their games heading into the Thanksgiving break in dominating fashion.
The Lady Indians won with big scores against Vernon (73-31) and Midway (82-26).
Nocona traveled to play the Lady Lions on Monday. It was a close first quarter with the Lady Indians leading 13-9, but they blew the game open in the second quarter.
Nocona scored 26 points to increase its lead to 39-18.
Vernon did not have the firepower to come back while the Lady Indians refused to let up in the second half.
Nocona’s up-tempo offense got to the free throw line quite a bit with the Lady Indians making 16 of 21.
Karlee Brown led the team with 25 points, with 10 coming from free throws. Averee Kleinhans was second with 18 points and Stephanie Gutierrez was right behind with 17 points.
Nocona next played the Lady Falcons, a 1A team the Lady Indians quickly overmatched. Nocona led 19-3 after the first quarter and 33-12 at halftime.
The Lady Indians could have coasted to the finish with the game in hand, but their offense went into overdrive. Nocona scored just short of 50 points in the second half as it rolled to the finish.
Kleinhans led the team with 23 points while Skyler Smith was second with 19 points. Brown, Gutierrez and Sydni Messer all scored in double figures as well.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost to Petrolia before the break.
The Lady Pirates won 35-22 after a bad fourth quarter from the Lady Bulldogs.
It was a close and physical, low scoring game for three quarters. Prairie Valley had trouble dealing with Petrolia’s defensive pressure that led to turnovers.
Still, the Lady Bulldogs battled rebounding the ball and got good looks as they trailed only 23-21 heading into the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately, things fell apart for Prairie Valley as it scored only one point. The Lady Pirates on the other end scored in double-digits as the final score ended up being not as close as most of the game was.
Emily Carpenter led the team with nine points and 11 rebounds. Hailey Winkler and Carmen Gomez each scored six points while Randi Gilleland grabbed eight rebounds.
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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