SPORTS
Nocona volleyball loses opening game
The Nocona Lady Indians started the season off traveling to former district foe Henrietta on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians lost a frustrating five-set match against the Lady Cats, losing momentum after winning the first two sets.
Both teams have a lot of history playing the other in recent years being in each other’s district, but with Nocona moving down a classification it seemed like a good game to start off the season.
Both teams also brought different energy into Tuesday’s game. Henrietta lost several key players to graduation that helped the program finish second in district the previous two years. The Lady Indians also lost several players to graduation and it was also the first game for new coach Kara Lucherk.
The first set quickly went Nocona’s way as everything was working. The Lady Indians led 11-4 and was ahead by double-digits at one point 18-7 before the Lady Cats started to settle down.
Henrietta went on a 15-5 run and cut the lead down to one near the end of the set with Nocona up only 23-22. Thankfully the Lady Indians were able to close things out and get the win 25-22, but the fun loving momentum that was most of set one had shifted.
Henrietta was riding that momentum early in the second set as it was up 8-2. Nocona clawed its way back to tie the score at 14-14. It was back and forth until the Lady Indians got a bit of a lead 21-19 heading into the final stretch. From there Nocona closed out the set, winning the final four points to win set two 25-19 and go up 2-0.
If it felt like the Lady Indians had stolen a set they probably should have lost, that was exacerbated by how the third set went.
Nocona never had a chance as the Lady Cats went up 13-1. Only same late set rallying to try and build some momentum for the upcoming set four allowed the Lady Indians to reach double-digits. Henrietta won the set 25-13 to cut the lead to 2-1.
Nocona had to shake off the ugliness of set three, but there was a lingering feeling the Lady Cats were in control unless something changed in the Lady Indians favor.
The beginning set four was competitive with the score tied at 5-5. Henrietta then went on a 9-1 run and looked to break the set open leading 14-6.
Nocona made a run of itself cutting the lead to 15-10. The Lady Indians battled back to within two points trailing 21-19 heading into the final stretch. Unfortunately, the Lady Cats closed out the set strong, winning four of the next five points to win 25-20 and force set five.
With the set played only to 15, any lead feels that much more meaningful in the winner-take-all set.
Nocona early on had a 3-1 lead and there was hope that despite how messy the match had gone for them the Lady Indians could maybe still escape with a win when it mattered the most.
It was not meant to be that night. Henrietta won the next six points to lead 7-3. Nocona cut the lead to two 7-5, but that would be as close as it would get. The Lady Cats lead grew and grew until they closed out the set winning 15-9 and the match 3-2.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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