SPORTS
Indians win rematch at Bowie
In a rematch between Bowie and Nocona boy’s basketball teams on Tuesday, a controversial late call seemed to turn the tide.
The Indians avenged their earlier loss to the Jackrabbits, winning 45-38 at Bowie’s court in a similar physical game.
Up until the fourth quarter it had been a back-and-forth affair with neither team establishing any sort of big lead.
With Bowie up 32-30 with 3:36 left in the game, there was a tussle on the ground for a loose ball. The whistle sounded and there was some extra curricular stuff after the play. After some confusion, a foul call and a technical foul were issued against the Jackrabbits.
Because the Indians were already in the bonus, they were awarded four free throws and the ball.
Senior guard Landry McCasland then stepped up to make all four free throws to give Nocona the lead 34-32. After running some clock with the lead, the Jackrabbits were forced to foul. Younger brother Brady McCasland then stepped up and made both of his free throws to give the Indians a 36-32 lead with three minutes to play.
Nocona would go on to make nine of its next 12 free throw attempts in the final minutes to ice the game as Bowie just did not make enough shots down the stretch to come back.
The game was physical and tense throughout. Despite the intentional free throws at the end of the game, free throws were not give out freely for most of the night which allowed both teams defenses to aggressively contest.
This led to the Jackrabbits leading only 6-5 after the first quarter.
The Indians started to try and attack in isolation with both McCasland brothers finding crafty ways to penetrate and get up shots and even drawing some of those elusive free throws. Nocona led 18-14 at halftime.
Bowie made a couple of shots in the third quarter that did not come regularly in the first half. Drew Weber and Cade Thompson each made 3-pointers while combining to score 11 of the team’s 14 points during the quarter.
The Jackrabbits continued to have trouble with anyone with the last name McCasland, as both brothers combined to score nine of the team’s 10 points in the third quarter. The score was tied at 28-28 heading into the fourth quarter.
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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