SPORTS
Nocona teams win against Olney
The Nocona basketball teams both beat Olney on Friday before the Lady Indians won in Peaster and the Indians team lost to Whitesboro on Saturday.
Both teams beat the Cubs and Lady Cubs in one-sided games, the boy’s team winning 81-38 and the girl’s team winning 69-13. The Nocona girl’s team beat a tough Lady Greyhound team 78-71 while the boy’s team lost a close one with the Bearcats 56-48.The Lady Indians blitzed Olney first on Friday with their defense, allowing them to push the ball in transition with outlet passes.
Even with the team up 37-10 at halftime, Coach Kyle Spitzer saw even better defense in the second half as Nocona allowed only three points the rest of the way.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 23 points while Karlee Brown was second with 14 points and Stephanie Gutierrez scored 13 points off the bench.
For the boy’s team, Nocona scored a season high picking up its second win of the season. The Indians got started fast scoring 24 points in the first quarter to capture the lead and never relinquish. Nocona finished even better outscoring the Cubs 23-5 in the fourth quarter to wrap up the win.
Landry McCasland and Michael Wetmore led the team scoring 15 points each while Adam Meekins was right behind them scoring 14 points.
On Saturday both teams were on the road. The Nocona girls played a Lady Greyhounds team who had just won at Bowie the night before.
Early on Peaster jumped out to a 25-17 lead in the first quarter. The Lady Indians hung around and trailed only 40-35 at halftime.
Nocona’s defense stepped up in the second half. The Lady Indians took the lead 58-55 in the third quarter and continued their run in the fourth quarter as their lead grew to 15 points at one time.
The Lady Greyhounds cut into that lead in the end, but Nocona held on to win 78-71. Kleinhans led the team with 29 points, but five different players all together finished with double-digit totals.
For the Nocona boy’s team, it was a close game from the start at Whitesboro. The Indians took control in the first quarter and led 18-7, but the Bearcats were not going to go away easy.
Whitesboro’s defense held Nocona to seven points in the second quarter as the lead was cut to 25-24 at halftime.
Four 3-pointers from the Bearcats allowed them to take the lead in the third quarter 38-34.In the fourth quarter, the Indians could not keep Whitesboro off of the free throw line as it made 11 of 17 attempts in the quarter. This allowed the Bearcats to keep the lead while running clock as they won 56-48.
Cesar Gutierrez led the team with 14 points while Meekins was second scoring nine points off of three 3-pointers.
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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