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Nocona
The Nocona Indians kept the good times rolling by winning their seventh district game in a row on Tuesday against Olney.
The Indians won 50-35 against the Cubs at home to stay in first place in the district standings.
Nocona was just coming off an important win against Seymour where it avenged its only district loss. There was no come down from that game besides maybe a lackluster first quarter.
It was a low-scoring start to the game for both teams as the Indians led only 8-5. The middle two quarters were the ones where Nocona had the most success by scoring 34 points during that period.
Up by nearly 20 points in the fourth quarter, Nocona took its foot off the gas in the final period, but still competed well enough to win by a comfortably 50-35.
Brady McCasland led the team with 14 points and six assists. Ryder Owald joined him in double-figures with 10 points while Michael Wetmore grabbed a team high eight rebounds to go with his eight points.
Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Panthers won at home on senior night against Prairie Valley on Tuesday night.
The Panthers won 69-39 against the Bulldogs.
The first time these teams played saw Prairie Valley nearly pulled the upset after controlling the lead for most of the game.
This time, Saint Jo jumped out early and never gave the Bulldogs the chance to keep it close.
The Panthers led 30-17 at halftime and Prairie Valley just could not get enough consistent scoring out of anyone but its senior lead guard. Saint Jo won 69-37.
Kile Thurman led the Panthers with 18 points while Collin Thomas and Josh Vogel joined him in double-figures with 14 and 13.
For Prairie Valley, Tyler Winkler led the team with 29 points, but the rest of the team scored only eight points.
Gold-Burg vs Bellevue
The Gold-Burg Bears were able to win on senior night against Bellevue on Tuesday.
The Bears won 41-39 against the Eagles to win their first district game of the season.
After a competitive first quarter, Gold-Burg fell behind after scoring only four points in the second quarter, trailing 24-20 at halftime. Bellevue still had a small lead 32-29 heading into the final period.
The Bears were able to get some key stops and convert on 5-9 free throws to pull ahead by one basket in the end, winning 41-39.
Jayon Grace led Gold-Burg with 15 points while Aida Foster was second with nine.
For Bellevue, Jayson Gill led the team with 20 points while Kason Roper was second with 14 points.
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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