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Girls Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians wrapped up their fifth straight district title in their wins on Friday and Saturday against teams sitting in second and third place.
The Lady Indians won dominantly against both Windthorst (55-34) and Seymour (62-22).
The icy conditions last week came at the worst time for Nocona heading into the week playing the two toughest teams in the district. Even with the Lady Indians picking up one-sided wins against both, coming into the game with limited practice time and the team’s routine disrupted was a good situation for Nocona to finally play flat.
Instead the Lady Indians just reaffirmed their dominance.
Traveling to Windthorst on Friday night, the Lady Trojans hung with Nocona for a quarter as the Lady Indians led only 18-12 after one.
Nocona’s defense then held Windthorst to only four points in the second quarter and the team was off to the races.
The Lady Indians were able to comfortably win the game against the still stake-ranked Lady Trojans 55-34 that guaranteed them a district title for the fifth straight season.
Saint Jo vs Forestburg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won at Forestburg on Friday night.
The Lady Panthers won 69-34 against the young Lady Horns.
The icy conditions meant both teams were out of practice and it showed early on.
The Lady Horns played the next day to against Gold-Burg.
Gold-Burg vs Forestburg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears hosted Forestburg on Saturday.
The Lady Bears won 51-19 against the Lady Horns.
Gold-Burg was led by Sadie Weaver who scored 16 points while Madison Fulmer was second with 10 points.
It was a good win for Gold-Burg since it had lost a close game the previous night at Prairie Valley.
Forestburg was led by Madisen Deason who scored seven points while Braylee Briles was second with five points.
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
It was a close game between Prairie Valley and Gold-Burg on Friday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won in overtime 50-47 in a game that was important for both teams.
Senior Carmen Gomez led the way for Prairie Valley with 20 points while Makaylee Gomez was second with 14. The team got a boost during overtime from Linzie Priddy who scored all five of her points during the extra period.
Coach Seth Stephens thought its was an all around team effort despite getting some good individual performances on offense.
For Gold-Burg, Sadie Weaver led the team with 16 points. Twins Shadie and Sadie Whitaker scored 11 and 10 points to help lead the Lady Bears.
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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