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Girls Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians stayed undefeated in district play while dominating at Jacksboro on Friday night.
The Lady Indians won with little trouble 55-28 against the Lady Tigers.
Nocona came into the game confident with a 14-point win against Jacksboro the first time around.
The Lady Indians played like it, starting the game by building a 16-5 lead in the first quarter. It was thanks to Nocona’s defense that it never got much better for the Lady Tigers.
The Lady Indians limited Jacksboro to seven points or less in each of the next two quarters while never slowing down on offense as their lead grew and grew.
Only in the final quarter did Jacksboro’s offense break out, scoring 11 of its 28 points during this period with the game out of reach.
Nocona easily won 55-28.
Skyler Smith led the team with 21 points while making three 3-pointers. Karlee Brown was second scoring nine points.
Prairie Valley vs Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won a tough game at Prairie Valley on Friday night.
The Lady Eagles won 45-33 in a game that was close for three quarters until Bellevue pulled away.
With no bench and a couple of players playing through some sickness, the Lady Eagles were not coming into the game at 100 percent.
To try and keep pace with district leaders Slidell and Midway though, Bellevue could not afford losing on an off night.
The game was low scoring throughout, which benefited the Lady Bulldogs since they have at times had trouble scoring.
Their 1-3-1 defense with heavy pressure forced a lot of turnovers and forced smart passes from the Lady Eagles to score against.
Prairie Valley was scoring off of driving floaters in the lane, getting offensive rebounds and other ways.
Bellevue led most of the way, but the Lady Bulldogs were never more than a few baskets behind for three quarters. The end of quarter scores were 11-7, 20-15 and 31-24 all in favor of the Lady Eagles.
The Lady Bulldogs could not get back into the game as the lead went up to double-digits. The Lady Eagles won 45-33.
Cirstin Allen and Austin Ford both led Bellevue with 14 points each. Callie Martin joined them in double-figures with 12 points.
For Prairie Valley, Makaylee Gomes led the team with six points while Carmen Gomez and Karagan Ritchie both scored five 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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