SPORTS
Nocona boys blow out Graham 67-24
The Nocona Indians basketball team traveled to Graham on Saturday to take on the Steers.
The Indians smacked Graham 67-24 in the first dominating win for Nocona in its challenging start to the season.
The Indians started the game well and never looked back. The team made three 3-pointers in the first quarter and had six different players score points. Nocona’s defense also limited the Steers as the team struggled get any rhythm going or shoot well from outside.
The Indians led 19-8 after the first quarter.
The second quarter was more of the same. Nocona made five 3-pointers and spread the ball around. Graham’s offense had even more trouble, scoring only four points as the lead at halftime grew to 38-12.
It was a slow third quarter with neither team scoring much. The Indians went cold from 3-point range and only scored seven points.
Nocona was propped up for its continued stingy play on the defensive end as it limited the Steers to a game low three points during the quarter. The Indians still had a big lead 45-15 heading into the fourth quarter.
Nocona’s offense started to find its groove again. The Indians made four 3-pointers and scored a game high 22 points in the final period.
Ty Presley and Brady McCasland combined to score 14 of the team’s points in the quarter to end the game on a high note.
The defense barely kept the Steers from scoring in double-digits to keep the streak going for the whole game as Graham scored nine points in the final quarter. The final score was 67-24.
Five players scored in double-figures for the Indians. Lyndon Fenoglio led the team with 13 points. Adam Meekins and McCasland each scored 11 points. Michael Wetmore and Presley each scored 10 points.
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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