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Girls Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians came away from last weekend’s Alvord tournament as the tournament champions.
The Lady Indians went 4-0 and won dominantly in all of their games against mostly smaller schools.
Nocona first played 1A Midway and pulled away thanks to a big third quarter to beat the Lady Falcons 51-33. Megyn Meekins led the team with 25 points in the game.
The Lady Indians got an early taste of district opponent Jacksboro. Thanks to a 26-3 first quarter, Nocona easily beat the Lady Tigers by the one-sided score 60-25. Stephanie Gutierrez and Meekins combined to score 33 points to lead the team.
Next the Lady Indians played state-ranked 1A team Slidell. It was the closest game of the tournament, but Nocona’s defense made sure the Lady Greyhounds never got too close as they won 42-32. Skyler Smith led the team with 19 points.
The Lady Indians final game came against tournament host Alvord. The 2A state-ranked Lady Bulldogs hung with Nocona for the first half, but the Lady Indians held Alvord to just two points in the fourth quarter as they won 58-41.
Karlee Brown and Meekins combined to score 29 points to lead the team.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won at Savoy on Friday in place of their tournament at Vernon that got canceled.
The Lady Bears won 48-20 against the Lady Cardinals in their final game before district play starts up.
Gold-Burg built its lead thanks to its press defense that not only prevented Savoy from scoring, but created a lot of scoring chances for the Lady Bears in transition.
Kelly Contreras led the team with 14 points. Sadie Weaver (11) and Sadie Whitaker (10) joined her in double-figures as well.
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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