Nocona girls
The Nocona Lady Indians started off their season with a high-scoring win on the road at City View.
The Lady Indians won 76-58 against the Lady Mustangs to start off their season with big expectations.
The Lady Indians are pre-season ranked fourth in the state in 2A according to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll.
The team returns all, but one player from the team that made it to the regional final last season before losing to eventual state champion Lipan.
Nocona only had one day of practice before the game, with several members coming from the volleyball team. Despite that, the team seemed to pick up right where it left off last year.
The Lady Indians got out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter, with their pace too much for the athletic City View team and Nocona leading 20-7 after the first quarter.
Things were more competitive as the Lady Indians defense was not as sharp in the second quarter, but they still held a double-digit lead up 35-20 at halftime.
Nocona then upped the pace even more in the third quarter, scoring nearly 30 points to extend its lead before running some clock in the fourth quarter in order to not give the other team extra time or possessions to come back.
The Lady Indians won with little drama 76-58.
Meg Meekins led the team with 31 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Skyler Smith was second with 16 points while also leading with six assists and four steals.
Aubree Kleinhans finished in double-figures with 11 points while Sadie Jacobs scored nine in her first varsity game.

Forestburg
The Forestburg basketball teams both won the first road games of the season on Tuesday at Chico.
The Lady Horns won 50-33 while the Longhorns later won 59-30.
Both teams had young rosters last year that was working in a tough district last season. This year both teams hope to have built on that hardship and the continuity while some of the top teams look to rebuild.
The Forestburg girls have much more depth on the team than it did last season, with only one substitute and foul trouble sometimes making the team play one player down late in games.
The Lady Horns were led by newcomers Lili Cisneros who scored 15 points and Brenna Briles who joined her in double-figures scoring 10 points. Both also swiped a team high six steals.
Braylee Briles scored nine points while Ali Cisneros had a team high six assists and six rebounds to go with five steals and four points.
The boy’s team were in the same boat, with a young team showing promise last year, but not able to break into the top of the district despite competing better than years past.
With everyone back and one year older and the top teams in the district dealing with graduations, the Longhorns hope to break through this season.
Jesse Wadsworth led the way with 25 points while Kyler Willett was second with 16 and Jesus Sanchez added 15 points. Willett added 12 rebounds and Wadsworth 10 while leading the team with five assists.

Gold-Burg girls
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost their opening game of the season at Woodson on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bears lost 47-28 against the Cowgirls.
Gold-Burg is coming into the season with a lot of new faces and inexperienced players at the varsity level.
The team scored better as the game went on, but it was not enough to keep up with Woodson from the start of the game.
The Lady Bears were led by Raigen Hilton who scored 13 points while Ollie Gaston and Alyson Rojas were second with six points each.

Bellevue girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won big on the road at Wichita Christian on Tuesday night.
The Lady Eagles won in a blowout 73-22 against the Lady Stars.
It was the type of game where not a lot went wrong for Bellevue as it dominated from beginning until the end.
The team got balanced scoring with four girls finishing in double-figures. Brittany Gill led the team with 17, Cirstin Allen was second with 16, Brylie Hager scored 14 and Mary Grace Broussard finished with 12 points.

Missing scores
We are missing scores from Gold-Burg boys, both Prairie Valley teams and Bellevue boys.
Nocona boys and both Saint Jo teams did not play games on Tuesday.

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