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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played in their second tournament last weekend at Graham’s Lu Allen tournament.
The Lady Indians went 4-3 overall and ended up finishing third in the silver bracket.
Nocona won the first match of pool play against Snyder dominantly (25-14, 25-14).
Unfortunately, the Lady Indians would lose the next two matches against West Plains (25-19, 26-24) and Holliday (25-18, 25-13). Nocona finished out the day with a win against Christ Academy (25-15, 25-15) to finish pool play 2-2.
This put the team in the silver bracket where the Lady Indians first played Wichita Falls. Nocona won in straight sets (27-25, 25-19) to move on. Unfortunately, the team did not advance to the championship game with a loss to Caprock (25-15, 25-14).
This set up a final match against Klondike with third place on the line. Nocona won the first set 25-20, but lost a close set two 25-22.
This set up a third and final set and the Lady Indians won 25-18 to win the match.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won the consolation title at the Electra tournament last weekend.
The Lady Bulldogs went 3-3 overall in their second tournament of the season.
The tournament did not start well with losses to Quanah (17-25, 25-23, 6-15) and against Chillicothe (25-21, 25-16).
Prairie Valley got its first win against Crowell in a back and forth match, losing the first set 25-16 before coming back to win set two 25-14 and set three 15-8.
The Lady Bulldogs loss to the tournament hosts Electra (25-18, 25-20) sent them down the consolation side of the bracket.
Prairie Valley had a rematch against Chillicothe and showed it was a different day. The Lady Bulldogs avenged their earlier loss with a three set win (25-22, 18-25, 25-14).
This set up another rematch against Crowell in the consolation title game.
Like the first match, it went three set. After losing set one 25-15, Prairie Valley came back to win set two 25-16 to force a set three.
In the most competitive set of the tournament, the Lady Bulldogs came out on top 25-23 to win the match and the consolation title.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough match on the road Friday night at Vernon Northside.
The Lady Indians gave the Lady Bears an early season lesson, winning in straight sets with the scores being 25-17, 25-20 and 25-11.
While it was not all bad for Gold-Burg as Cheryl Cromleigh said she saw some good things to take away from the match, overall it highlighted some of the areas the team still needs to polish up this early in the season.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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