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Girls basketball roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started district play against Breckenridge on Tuesday with a big win.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Buckaroos 75-16 at home to start off right.
Nocona scored 23 points in both the first and second quarters while holding Breckenridge to only four points.
While the offense cooled down a bit in the second half and the Lady Buckaroos scored a little more, the Lady Indians still easily won and never let up all the way until the final buzzer.
Nocona had four players finish with double-digit scoring. Averee Kleinhans led the team scoring 21 points.
Skyler Smith was second scoring 14 points while both post players Karlee Brown and Stephanie Gutierrez each scored 13 points.
Nocona is next scheduled to play a non-district game at 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 21 against Vernon at home.
Forestburg vs Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles opened district play with a win at home against Forestburg on Tuesday.
The Lady Eagles beat the Lady Horns 52-40.
Sky-Lar Embry led Bellevue with 18 points while Austin Ford was right behind her scoring 16 points.
For Forestburg, Faith Moore led the team scoring 17 points and five 3-pointers. Morgan Miller was second scoring 10 points in the post. Coach Cori Hayes thought his team played well, but gave up too many points in transition at certain times.
Bellevue is next scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Dec. 22 at home against Slidell. The Lady Horns are next scheduled to play at 1 p.m. on Dec. 28 at home against Prairie Valley.
Prairie Valley vs Saint Jo
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs started district with a win at Saint Jo on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs won 54-24 against the Lady Panthers.
It was competitive in the first half, but Saint Jo’s players got into foul trouble during the game which put Prairie Valley on the free throw line a lot.
The Lady Bulldogs took advantage, making 22 of their 28 free throws as they pulled away.
Hailey Winkler led Prairie Valley scoring 22 points. Emily Carpenter led the team grabbing seven rebounds while also scoring 14 points. Molly Gilleland led the team with six assists to go with six points.
The Lady Bulldogs are next scheduled to play at 2 p.m. on Dec. 28 at Forestburg. The Lady Panthers are next scheduled to play at 5 p.m. on Dec. 22 against Midway.
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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