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Nocona
The Nocona Indians came up just short of completing a big fourth quarter comeback on Tuesday in their trip to Wichita Falls High School.
The Coyotes held on to win 78-73, though they had a much bigger lead for most of the game.
Wichita Falls scored 23 and 26 points in the first two quarters to build a 49-27 lead at halftime. Coach Colby Schniederjan did not think his played that bad of defense, but just the Coyotes were that hot making shots.
Wichita Falls cooled off in the second half, but still led by a big margin 61-43 heading into the fourth quarter.
Nocona then went off offensively as the team scored 30 points in the final period. At one point the Indians cut the lead down to one score, but the Coyotes answered.
With the momentum Nocona had, Schniederjan said just 30 more seconds would have given his team a chance. Unfortunately, the Indians ran out of time, losing 78-73.
Ty Presley led the team with 20 points while Brady McCasland was second with 18. Lyndon Fenoglio joined them in double-figures with 12 points.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers won easily at Savoy on Tuesday night.
The Panthers won 60-38 against the Cardinals, which was a rematch against the team they had played a few days before at their hosted tournament.
Brice Durham led the team with 19 points while Kile Thurman was right behind him with 18 points.
Despite winning by a comfortable margin, Coach Lyndon Cook did not feel like his team played as well as it could have.
Saint Jo is next scheduled to play at Boyd on Dec. 14.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs won on the road at Wichita Christian on Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs won a close game 47-40 against the Stars.
Prairie Valley jumped out to a 16-4 lead in the first quarter by pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers and scoring in transition.
Wichita Christian slowed the game down in the second quarter with its zone defense, which allowed the Stars to get back into the game. The Bulldogs still led at halftime, but it was a small margin 19-17.
Wichita Christian got the lead early in the third quarter and did not relinquish it until the fourth quarter. Prairie Valley kept it close, but struggled to score.
Seth Stephens said a big moment in the game came when Dale Neugebauer got a quick steal and finished a transition layup.
“After that we never looked back,” Stephens said. “Isaac Yeargin hit two big threes in the fourth quarter and Tyler Winkler and Konner Rithcie closed out the game by hitting big free throws and taking care of the ball down the stretch.”
The Bulldogs won 47-40.
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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