SPORTS
Lady Indians lose to Henrietta
The Nocona Lady Indians fell to Henrietta on Wednesday night in a district match.
The Lady Cats won in straight sets against the Lady Indians in a match that was postponed from the previous night due to a referee scheduling error.
Nocona came into the match fresh off of losses to district foes Holliday and Bowie.
With the recent history playing against the Lady Cats being a loss in the regional quarterfinals of the playoffs last year and Henrietta’s only district loss coming against the state-ranked Holliday, it was Nocona’s third district game in a row against a likely playoff team.
The first set was pretty competitive for the majority of the set. The Lady Cats mostly had the lead throughout, but by no more than one or two points.
Up 18-17, Henrietta then separated itself to extend the lead to 22-18. The Lady Indians tried to comeback, but came up short as the Lady Cats closed out the set, winning 25-22.
The second set saw Nocona start off strong in the opening points, building a 7-3 lead. Henrietta came back to tie the set at 10-10 and the two teams battled back and forth competitively for the next 20 points. The Lady Indians would get one or two point leads here and there, but could not extend them any bigger.
The Lady Cats then made another late set surge, coming from one point down 18-17 to lead 21-19 and then 24-21. From there Henrietta again closed the set out strong, winning by the same score 25-22 to go up 2-0.
Nocona would need win three straight sets if it wanted to comeback and win the match. The team needed a strong start in the third set to keep them in the match if they believed they could still win.
The start of the third set did not go there way. Henrietta came out on fire and built a huge early lead 12-3. The Lady Indians cut the lead down to 15-10 to try and find a way back into the set, but that was as close as Nocona would get.
The Lady Cats owned the rest of the set as the lead ballooned up again. Henrietta won 25-16 to win the match.
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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