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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians got some revenge in their win against Iowa Park at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians won 51-38 against the Lady Hawks in a game that went their way much more than it did a couple days before.
Nocona played at the Iowa Park tournament the previous weekend and played the tournament hosts in its second game.
In that game the Lady Hawks won a close game 53-49. Tuesday night it was a different game.
At first Iowa Park got out to a small lead 13-10 after the first quarter. That would be the most the Lady Hawks would score in any of the remaining three quarters.
In both the second and fourth quarter, Nocona’s defense allowed Iowa Park to score only seven points.
The Lady Indians took a narrow 22-20 lead into halftime.
Nocona then turned the pace up in the third quarter, almost doubling its first half total in the period alone.
Sydnee Mowry and Stephanie Gutierrez combined to score 15 of the teams 21 points in the quarter as the Lady Indians lead ballooned to double-digits as they led 43-31 heading into the fourth quarter.
The pace slowed way down in the final period Nocona did not want to allow Iowa Park chances to make up the lead.
Neither team scored in the double-digits which meant the Lady Indians were able to coast to end of the game, winning 51-38.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns were able to get some revenge on the road Tuesday night at Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Horns won a low-scoring, close game 22-18 against a Lady Pirates team that had beaten them at an earlier tournament.
Kylie Willett led the team with nine points and four rebounds.
Coach Cori Hayes liked how his defense played and how aggressive his team was at getting to the free throw line.
On the other side of the coin Hayes wishes his team would have made more of its open shots during the game.
Forestburg is set to open up district play next at 6 p.m. on Dec. 14 at home against Bellevue.
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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