SPORTS
Nocona basketball wins big Saturday
The Nocona basketball teams treated their fans to blowout wins at home on Saturday.
The Lady Indians earned big wins against Tioga 96-35 and Gainesville 98-20 while the Indians beat the Bulldogs 71-29.
The Nocona girls first played the Lady Bulldogs to start the day. Coach Kyle Spitzer thought the team started off slow against Tioga.
“We fouled too much early on and made uncharacteristic mistakes,” Spitzer said.
It did not affect the game much though. The Lady Indians led 22-4 after the first quarter and never looked back, scoring 20 or more points in every quarter.
The Nocona boy’s team then played in the early afternoon. The Indians were able to beat the Bulldogs press defense and get the ball to their post players who finished ahead of the defense while also making a couple of 3-pointers.
Nocona led 20-7 after the first quarter and did not let Tioga get comfortable the rest of the game. The Bulldogs only scored in double-digits in the third quarter, but could not convert most of the tough contested shots the Indians forced them to take.
Nocona’s offense had only a little bit of a lull in the second quarter, but finished the game strong scoring 23 points in the fourth quarter even with the end of the bench finishing the last few minutes of the game.
The day ended with the Lady Indians blowing away the Lady Leopards. It was more of the same from their first game earlier in the day. The defense never allowed Gainesville to score 10 points or more in any quarter while the offense never scored fewer than 20 points in every quarter.
The Nocona girl’s team starts district play this week and will be looking to defend its district title from the last two years. The team travels to Jacksboro to play at 6 p.m. on Dec. 18.
The Indians are next scheduled to play Wichita Falls at 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 18 at home.
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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