SPORTS
Nocona, Saint Jo girls win bi-district games
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their bi-district playoff game against Haskell on Monday night.
Nocona blew out a Haskell team 70-25 that was just happy to make it into the playoffs after winning a play-in game against Hawley.
Nocona came in as big favorites with an undefeated record on the season and big expectations to go far in the playoffs. Featuring a team with few seniors, it would not have been strabge for the team to be looking past Monday’s game and possibly not play well and still expect to win.
Instead, Nocona came out ready to dominate. Haskell scored only three points in the first quarter and made no field goals. This allowed Nocona to get out and push the ball following rebounds and steals from its defense.
It was 19-3 Nocona after the first quarter and it never got much better for Haskell as the game went on. Obviously, Haskell scored a bit better in the following quarters, but never scored more than nine points in any of the last three quarters.
Nocona’s lowest point total was 14 points in the third quarter as it was already up by 30 points at that time. Coach Kyle Spitzer made sure the team finished with a good charge despite already having the game in hand as Nocona scored a game high 21 points in the fourth quarter.
Nocona won 70-25.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers held on to beat Bryson on Monday night in a game that came down to the wire.
The Lady Panthers won 39-37 against the Cowgirls.
Saint Jo came in as slight favorites being a two seed playing a three seed, but the Lady Panthers are a young team with no playoff basketball experience.
Saint Jo used its pressure defense to try and dictate a fast paced game it usually likes to play. Unfortunately, the Lady Panthers had trouble making shots.
Still, Saint Jo led 9-8 after the first quarter and 22-15 at halftime. The third quarter saw the Cowgirls get back into the game and cut the lead to one point 28-27 heading into the fourth quarter.
From there, Saint Jo was able to use its lead and slow down the pace some to try and work the clock, which was praised by Coach Daniel Lindenborn.
“I thought the girls did a superb job of keeping their composure throughout the entire game, especially at the end when we needed to protect the ball and run some time off the clock,” Lindenborn said.
That composure allowed the Lady Panthers to close out the game confidently, with only a 3-pointer from Bryson at the buzzer making it a two-point lead in the final score 39-37.
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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