SPORTS
Nocona wins homecoming
The Nocona Indians sent the fans home happy on Friday as they won their first game of the season against Chico.
The Indians beat the Dragons in dominant fashion 54-22 to have a happy homecoming night for all in Nocona.
Both the Indians and Chico came into the game hoping to get the first win of the season.
The Dragons got on the board first after both team’s initial drives went nowhere. Chico’s option running game sprouted some big plays early on and a drive was capped when the Dragons scored on a short quarterback sneak to go up 8-0.
Nocona responded as its offense moved down the field inside Chico’s red zone. Quarterback Brady McCasland then found Bodie Davis for a 6-yard touchdown.
The score was tied at 8-8 heading into the second quarter, but not before Charlie Fuller intercepted a pass near midfield.
The Indians could not take the lead right away. The Dragon defense forced a turnover on downs on their own 33 yard-line. Luckily, Chico turned the ball right back over as Miguel Olivares recovered a fumble on the next play.
Nocona then scored on the next offensive play as running back Johnny Stone scored on a 35-yard run to put the Indians up 14-8.
Nocona’s defense then forced a punt on Chico’s next possession. The special teams came through as Dayson Elliott and a crowd blocked the punt. McCasland recovered the ball and took it 30 or so yards in for another touchdown to put the Indians up 20-8.
The Dragons’ next possession looked promising as they moved into Nocona territory running the ball. Unfortunately for Chico, another fumble allowed the Indians to recover the ball by McCasland again.
Nocona’s offense moved the ball down the field and scored again as McCasland found tight end Sam Davis for a 14-yard touchdown to put the Indians up 26-8.
With less than two minutes before halftime the Dragons to tried to be aggressive and pass the ball down the field.
The pass was intercepted by none other than McCasland, who returned the ball from near midfield inside Chico’s 10-yard line.
Nocona had chances to score before halftime, but failed to though the Indians lead was still good.
Nocona wanted to make sure to not let up following a long halftime full of homecoming festivities.
The Indians got the ball first and went on a scoring drive, capped off by Stone scoring on a 17-yard run to increase the lead to 34-8.
Following a defensive stop, Nocona scored again as McCasland found Fuller for a 20-yard touchdown catch as the lead grew to 40-8.
Still in the third quarter, the Indians again got a stop and the offense scored as McCasland ran in a touchdown from 17-yards out to increase Nocona’s lead to 46-8.
The Indians then started playing backups and reserves with the game in hand.
At the start of the fourth quarter Chico scored its first points since the first quarter on another quarterback sneak to cut the lead to 46-14.
Nocona’s backup offense answered back as Caden Gaston ran in another touchdown from 21 yards to make the score 54-14.
The Dragons had one final drive with the time ticking down and scored on another short run as time expired, making the final score 54-22 in favor of the Indians.
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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