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Nocona loses to Bonham 3-1
The Nocona Lady Indians played their final non-district game at home against a power-hitting Bonham team on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians lost a disappointing match to the Lady Warriors in four sets.
The first set saw Nocona fall behind early 7-3 and were playing catch-up for the rest of the set. The Lady Indians at one time closed the lead to 11-9, but Bonham quickly grew it to a five point lead 15-10.
The lead grew to almost doubled-digits near the end, but Nocona was able to win some points to build some momentum for the next set before the Lady Warriors closed the first set, winning 25-19 to take 1-0 lead.
The second set was more competitive in the first few points, but the Lady Indians went on a 7-3 run to open up their lead to 15-10. Bonham was able to close that lead quick and make it a point-to-point affair for the rest of the set.
The score was tied at 20-20 and at 25-25. Unfortunately for Nocona, the Lady Warriors were able to pick up two straight points to steal the set 27-25 and take a 2-0 lead.
After losing an especially gutting set, the Lady Indians could have been like many teams and conceded the final set due to a sort of loss of hope hangover.
It looked like it was headed that way as Nocona was down early 7-3 and not looking good. The Lady Indians showed some heart as they came back to take the lead 13-12, but immediately Bonham retook the lead 16-14.
The Lady Warriors’ lead continued to grow to 19-16 and 22-18 and it looked like Nocona was dead in the water.
The vocal home student section had been yelling nonsensical chants throughout whenever a Bonham player was serving to try and throw them off.
For whatever reason, they happened to be yelling cheese steak at this point right when the Lady Indians made their comeback.
Nocona went on a 4-1 run to cut the lead down to one point, but still trailing 23-22. The student section continued to chant cheese steak despite the Lady Indians serving, having stumbled upon the magical chant.
The Nocona team, riding either the power of the cheese steak chant or possibly just the momentum of the set, was able come back and win by the narrowest of margins 26-24 and cut the match lead to 2-1.
Maybe the Lady Indians had sparked something with a come from behind win in the third set that could propel them to win the match.
Nocona fell behind early 9-6. That quickly grew to a substantial lead 13-7 for the Lady Warriors. Even the cheese steak chant did not conjure the magic to come from behind in the fourth set.
There was no big comeback as Bonham closed out the set 25-16 and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of weekend edition of the Bowie News.
In its’ second consecutive playoff trip, Bowie’s volleyball team gave it a valiant effort against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy. The Eagles proved to be too much with an athletic frontcourt proving too much in a 3-0 win (25-20,25-21,25-18) Oct. 29 at Breckenridge High.
Bowie led midway though all three sets but the Eagles were able to come from behind and pull out the win.
The Eagles got out quickly with a 5-0 lead in the opener. The Lady Rabbits showed some gumption and stormed right back with a Taelyn Webb dink breaking serve. Junior Molly Enlow rolled off four points to knot the game at five. KP Rutherford’s kil kept the drive alive.
Olivia Stewart’s kill set the stage for Serenity Klump’s three-point string. Frontcourt work by Ellie Mowery and Stewart allowed Bowie to take a 10-9 lead. Bowie maintained the lead thanks to dinks by Abby Reneau and Stewart, which forced the Eagles into a timeout.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In its first playoff game of 2026, Saint Jo took control after a slow start and wound up cruising past Garner 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) in a Class A area round game Nov. 2.
The Lady Panthers will face Strawn, which swept Crowell in the area round, next. No further details were available as of press time.
The Lady Longhorns showed they were ready to play in the early going, getting out to a 9-4 lead in game one. Saint Jo broke serve and used a pair of Kamron Skidmore points, aided by Savannah Hill kills on both points to get within one.
Garner led by six midway through the set before Hill’s five-point serving run, helped along by a Skidmore kill to draw within 13-14. A Skidmore kill was followed by two Skidmore points, including an ace, to tie the game at 19.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Several county schools will have runners at the state cross country meet Nov. 7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Bowie, which qualified for regionals with a 3rd place finish at the District 6-3A Meet, will have both Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater, who finished in the top 10 individually. Willett finished 3rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10th with a time of 16:51.60.
Other Rabbits competing were Hayden Cox with a time of 18:56.30, Hayden Sutton in 19:41.60, Taven Melton in 19:59.20. Coleman Holloway in 20:26.80and Jaxon Castro in 20:56.10.
The top 10 individuals and top four teams from each region qualify for State.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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