SPORTS
Nocona basketball teams beat Henrietta
The Nocona basketball teams came back from the break picking up district wins against Henrietta on Wednesday.
The Lady Indians won in a blow out 73-17 to stay undefeated while the Indians won their opening district game 47-29.
The Nocona girls gave the Lady Cats no shot, getting out to a 19-5 lead in the first quarter.
Outlet passes to Chloe Daughtry and Karlee Brown resulted in some layups and Averee Kleinhans drove to the basket and knocked in a 3-pointer.
Things grew even worse for Henrietta in the second quarter. The Lady Indians outscored the Lady Cats 31-1 as the game was all but over with half the game still to play.
The second half was much more relaxed. Nocona scored more than double-digits in the third quarter, but failed to do so in the fourth quarter as starters sat.
The Lady Indians defense made sure Henrietta did not ever get anything going. While the Lady Cats scored eight points in the third quarter, Nocona held them to only three in the final quarter as the game wound down.
The Nocona boy’s team started out gaining a little control in the first quarter. Adam Meekins made two 3-pointers as the Indians led 11-8.
The offense picked up a bit for Nocona as the teams scored 15 points, with five different players scoring for the Indians. The Bearcats did not break double-digits as they trailed 26-17 at halftime.
The third quarter was low-scoring for both teams. Henrietta did not gain any ground as Nocona held the Bearcats to only four points in the quarter.
The Indians did not score much more scoring eight, but six came from Brady McCasland on two 3-pointers. Nocona led by double-digits 34-21 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Indians stifling defense did not allow Henrietta to get back into the game.
Nocona’s offense picked things back up to where it was in the second quarter, with scoring coming from several different players. The Indians were able to secure the win with little drama.
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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