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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their first home game on Tuesday with a win against Archer City.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets against the Lady Cats.
Nocona came into the match after an up and down first week for the young team after playing in Henrietta and at a tournament in Burkburnett.
The first set saw the Lady Indians come out a bit slow and have too many hitting errors for Coach Kara Lucherk’s taste, but Nocona closed things out strong winning 25-19.
The team carried that momentum into the second set and never let Archer City have a chance. Nocona easily won set two with the score 25-10 to go up 2-0.
Some teams let up after going up two sets which can allow opposing teams to steal set three before putting things away in set four.
The third set was the most competitive final score of the match as Archer City fought to extend the match. In the end, the Lady Indians won the set 25-20 to win the match 3-0.
Skyler Smith led the team with 12 kills while Megyn Meekins had 14 assists. Aubree Kleinhans had a team high three service aces.
On defense, Olivia Six got one block and Graci Brown had eight digs to lead Nocona.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won in straight sets at Valley View on Tuesday night.
The young team coming off a good first tournament at Chico handed it to the Lady Eagles.
Sets one and two were not close with Saint Jo winning 25-9 and 25-17. A third set let down from the Lady Panthers allowed it be competitive and Saint Jo barely escaped with a 25-23 victory.
Aubrey Morman led the team with six kills and two blocks. Kayden Skidmore had a team high seven service aces along with seven assists. Maxey Johnson was right behind her with six assists.
Coach Kelly Skidmore was proud her team did well playing against a 3A team, but some of the youth of the mostly underclassmen team showed itself at times.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough five-set match to Graford at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bears almost completed a comeback down two sets, but unfortunately ran out of steam in the fifth set as the Lady Rabbits won 3-2.
Gold-Burg came into the match with some good early season confidence, having just won the silver bracket championship at the Bryson tournament.
Unfortunately, Graford took a number to that confidence, winning the first two sets in authoritative fashion 25-17 and 25-22 to go up 2-0.
The Lady Bears decided they were not going to go down without swinging and came out ready to dominate. Gold-Burg took control and did not let go in set three, winning 25-18.
That momentum fed into the start of set four and the Lady Rabbits never had a chance. The Lady Bears won easily 25-13 to set up a winner-take-all fifth set to 15.
With fewer points to work with overall, any lead feels that much more impactful during the fifth set as the pressure also gets to teams.
Even with all of the momentum riding the last two sets, a bad start signaled the end for Gold-Burg. The Lady Bears fell behind and never got on track. Graford won the set 15-6 to escape the match with the win.
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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