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Girls Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians earned their second district win at home against Jacksboro on Friday.
The Lady Indians won 58-31 against a tough Lady Tigers team that frustrated with their defense.
The game got off to a rocky start. Neither team’s offenses got anything going in the first quarter, as the score was tied 9-9.
Nocona did a good job drawing free throws and scoring in transition in the second quarter. Jacksboro continued to struggle against the Lady Indians half-court trapping.
Nocona led 26-15 at halftime and never looked back.
The Lady Indians picked up the pace in the third quarter, equaling their first half output in one quarter alone.
The Lady Tigers picked up the pace as well, with it being the only quarter they scored in double-figures.
Still Nocona’s lead was secure 52-26 heading into the final quarter.
Both teams ended with a slog of a quarter. Several players fouled out, but with the outcome already guaranteed neither team did much offensively. The teams combined to score 11 points with only basket being scored as the Lady Indians won 58-31.
Averee Kleinhans led Nocona with 29 points while Karlee Brown was second scoring eight points.
Nocona is next scheduled to play Henrietta at 2 p.m. on Dec. 30 at home.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost at Midway on Friday.
The Lady Falcons held off a furious Lady Bears team in the fourth quarter to win 63-52.
Neither team could put consecutive quarters together. Midway had great first and third quarters while Gold-Burg bounced back to have good second and fourth quarters.
The Lady Falcons led 21-7 after the first quarter. The Lady Bears came back strong, but still trailed 32-20 at halftime.
Midway again exploded for more than 20 points in the third quarter, extending its lead to 55-28 and calling the game a wrap.
Gold-Burg was not going to give up though. The Lady Bears almost doubled their total from the first three quarters scoring 24 points while holding the Lady Falcons to under 10 points for the first time all game.
It wasn’t enough though as it proved to be too big of a hole to dig out of as Midway won.
Taylor Lyons led the team with 18 points while Kelly Contreras was second with 14 points.
Gold-Burg is next scheduled to play at 2 p.m. on Jan. 2 at home against Saint Jo.
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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