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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians finished the regular season on Tuesday with a blowout win against Olney.
The Lady Indians won 63-13 against the Lady Cubs on senior night.
It was fated to be a night of celebration in Nocona. The Lady Indians had already wrapped up their fifth straight district title before the game started. Olney was on the outside of the playoff picture, playing its final game of the season and was not going to spoil the last Nocona home game.
The Lady Indians did not have their best shooting night of the season which was Coach Kyle Spitzer’s only real criticism in the game.
The Nocona defense was so fierce, Olney’s six points scored in the second quarter was the highest the Lady Cubs scored in any of the quarters. That also led to the Lady Indians forcing turnovers and no team scores better in transition.
The outcome was never in doubt as Nocona won 63-13.
Megyn Meekens led the team with 26 points while Skyler Smith was second with 12 points.
Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers closed out their season with a win at home against Prairie Valley, ending the Lady Bulldogs chance at the playoffs.
The Lady Panthers won 63-38 against Prairie Valley to wrap up the second seed in the district standings heading into the playoffs.
Saint Jo got off to a hot start and led 30-10 at halftime. Even with the Lady Bulldogs scoring much better in the second half, there was no slowing down a Lady Panthers team for a chance to come back.
Kate Sherwin led Saint Jo with 20 points in her final home game. Payzlie Cervantes and Kyler Dunn added 14 and 13 points to help pace the team.
For Prairie Valley, Carmen Gomez led the team with 21 points in her final game. Frontline seniors Karagan Ritchie and Sara Horton scored five and two points in their final game as well.
Bellevue vs Gold-Burg
The Bellevue Lady Eagles were just barely able to hold on to win at Gold-Burg on Tuesday night to earn the district’s final playoff spot.
The Lady Eagles won 33-27 against a Lady Bears team that was hoping to keep their playoff hopes alive with a win on senior night.
Bellevue got out fast and controlled the first half with its defense, leading 21-6 at halftime. The Lady Eagles were out starter Callie Martin while Gold-Burg was missing point guard Ollie Gaston.
The second half saw the Lady Bears pick up their defensive intensity and forced a lot of turnovers. This got them easier chances to score and got them back into the game, trailing only 23-15 heading into the final quarter.
The Lady Eagles bounced back to score at their regular pace in the final period which was enough to hold off a still charging Gold-Burg team.
Bellevue won 33-27.
Tristan Shook led the Lady Eagles with 15 points while Brittany Gill scored 10 points.
For Gold-Burg, Sadie Weaver led the team with 16 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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