SPORTS
Indians lose in OT, Lady Indians win
The Nocona basketball games against City View on Tuesday saw the Lady Indians win by nearly 30 while the Indians lost a close one in overtime.
The Nocona girls won 74-42 while the boy’s team fell just short of upsetting the top team in the district losing 49-48.
The Lady Indians knew this wasn’t going to be the same old Lady Mustangs team of recent history. The young and athletic squad has shown everyone they are tough to pressure and trap and can make teams pay in transition.
Still, the undefeated Nocona squad going for its third straight district title took care of business. The Lady Indians defense kept City View in check in the first half, which allowed them to get out in transition and score at will.
Nocona scored 20 or more points in both the first and second quarters to build a big lead the Lady Mustangs had little hope of coming back from down 48-17.
That defensive intensity wavered a bit for the Lady Indians in the second half which led to not as many chances to push the ball in transition on offense for them. City View scored in double-figures in both the third and fourth quarters, while Nocona only scored seven points in the final quarter.
The Lady Indians still won by a lot, but that ending did not leave a good aftertaste for Coach Kyle Spitzer.
The Indians had something to prove heading into Tuesday’s game. The Indians first game of the new year against the Mustangs went about as bad as one could imagine. City View won 90-46 and proved that score was not a fluke, winning by 20 or more points against every other team in the district besides Holliday.
Things could only go better against the undefeated district leader and they did.
Nocona dictated how the game would be played, limiting City View’s looks from the 3-point line and playing a deliberately paced, half court game.
The Indians trailed for most of the game, falling behind 23-16 at halftime and down 32-24 heading into the fourth quarter.
It was then that Nocona’s offense came alive while with Adam Meekins and Brady McCasland combining to score 10 of the team’s 15 points in the quarter.
The defense did just enough to limit the Mustangs offense to just seven points, allowing the game to be tied at 39-39 and heading to overtime.
Both teams did a good job scoring in the extra period, with four different players scoring points on both sides. In the end, City View made one more play than Nocona to come out on top 49-48.
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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