SPORTS
Nocona season ends to Tolar 53-36
The magical Nocona Indians’ season came to an end on Tuesday against Tolar in the regional quarterfinals.
The Rattlers won 53-36 against the Indians to put an end to Nocona’s pursuit of a regional tournament appearance.
Nocona came in hoping a lot of things would go right so it could continue to make school history, with the last team to even win a playoff game back in 2017 making it to the regional tournament for the first time in decades.
This year’s team was already the first district title winner since 1988 and with the success of the girl’s team, it was the first time both teams won the district title since the 1950s.
The Indians came in with some close and toughly played wins against Stamford (57-48) and Poolville (46-41) in the playoffs so far, while also riding an 11 game winning streak dating back to the beginning of district play.
Tolar was tough though, finishing second in a district that is ruled by top ranked Lipan and finishing the regular season 26-7.
The first half was a defensive slug fest. The Rattlers led 8-2 after the first quarter, but Nocona bounced back to cut the lead to 14-11 at halftime, with the game still anyone’s ready to control.
It was not the first low scoring game for an Indians team that runs on how well its aggressive man-to-man press defense does.
Unfortunately, when one team started to make shots, it was Tolar. The Rattlers scored 19 points in the third quarter and extended the lead to 33-23 heading into the fourth quarter.
Down by 10 points, Nocona had to start to gamble on defense to try and force steals, but unfortunately Tolar countered with smart passes which enabled the lead to continue to grow.
The Indians could not keep up with the high scoring pace in the second half as the Rattlers ran away with the win 53-36.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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