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Nocona vs Saint Jo boys
The Nocona Indians opened their season at Saint Jo on Friday night.
The experienced 2A Indians put it to the younger Panthers 78-41 in a game that showed the value of early season experience.
The two programs played to open last year’s season and a senior filled Saint Jo team hung with the bigger program Nocona for the whole game and only lost 53-46. It is a different situation heading into this season.
The Indians return five seniors from the team that won the program’s first district title since 1988, several with varsity experience dating back to their freshman year.
The Panthers returned only two players with varsity experience and only one started last year.
The start of the game was more competitive than the final score would indicate.
Nocona led 19-12 after the first quarter, but started to pull away in the second quarter.
The Indians’ experience and physicality became too much as their lead grew bigger and bigger as the game wore on.
In the end, Nocona won 78-41.
Johnny Stone scored a career high 21 points to lead the Indians. Javier Gaytan was second with 11 points while Karson Kleinhans scored 10 points off the bench. Conley Kleinhans grabbed a team high eight rebounds while Brady McCasland dished out seven assists.
For Saint Jo, Barrett Johnson led the team with nine points while Devin Stewart scored seven points.

Saint Jo girls
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost their opening game of the season on Friday against 2A Lindsay.
The Lady Panthers lost the physical game 52-31 against the bigger Lady Knights.
Saint Jo is hoping to build off its success from last year, finishing second in the district and winning its bi-district playoff game after several years of a playoff drought.
The Lady Panthers play at a frenetic pace and was successful in turning it into the type of game they like to play, forcing Lindsay into several turnovers and playing faster than it would want.
Unfortunately, with it being the first game while playing against taller players who were up for the challenge of playing just as physical as Saint Jo meant the Lady Panthers shooting and offense were not up to snuff.
The Lady Knights led from the beginning and the lead just kept growing the longer the game went on.
Fouls aplenty were called on both sides which meant several Saint Jo players had to sit for long periods of time due to foul trouble. It also meant a ton of free throw attempts.
Lindsay attempted 27 free throws and the Lady Panthers attempted 18. Many shots Saint Jo tried around the basket were blocked away by the taller and longer Lady Knight post players.
Kyler Dunn led the team with seven points while Jordyn O’Neal was second with six points.

Nocona girls
The Nocona Lady Indians won a low-scoring game, for them, at Graham on Friday afternoon.
The Lady Indians won easily 57-33 against the Lady Blues where the team was missing one of their starters.
Nocona was without post player Avery Crutsinger, but made up for it with tenacity.
In the Lady Indians opening game against City View, Coach Kyle Spitzer criticized his usually solid defense, but he chalked it up to being the first game of the season. Despite that, the team still won easily by shooting well.
On Friday, the team did not shoot its best. Only Skyler Smith, recently signed to East Texas Baptist University earlier in the week, had a great offensive day.
She scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the team in both categories. She was the only Nocona player to finish in double figures.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Interview with Nocona basketball players Meg Meekins (left) and Reagan Phipps following their area playoff win against Hico and Meekins scoring her 3,000 career point on Feb. 13, 2025.
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Interview with Saint Jo basketball players Savannah Hill (left) and Jordyn O'Neal following their bi-district playoff win against Perrin-Whitt on Feb. 10, 2025.
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Bowie hosts powerlifting league meet

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Bowie’s Haley Henry won the 114 pound weight class as she lifted 585 total pounds.

Bowie was the host of a league powerlifting meet on Feb. 6 that featured area athletes from Nocona, Bellevue and Prairie Valley and 11 schools overall.
As far as teams results, Bowie had both of its teams finish fourth overall, Nocona had its girls team finish second and its boys team fifth, Bellevue girls finished seventh and boys eighth while Prairie Valley and its two athletes tied for ninth place.
The Bowie girl’s team had all five of its lifters finish in the top five in their weight classes and scored points, with two winning their weight classes.
Haley Henry won the 114 pound weight class as she lifted 585 total pounds. On the opposite end, Jeileigh Schaffer won the 242 class as she lifted 700 total pounds.
Trently Brewer and Alison Aguirre both finished third in their weight classes 123 and 148 while Jacqueline Lopez got fifth in the 132 class.
The Jackrabbit boys had seven lifters finish in the top five and earn points toward the team total. Two also won their weight classes.
Robert Zambrano got first in the 148 class by lifting a total of 1,250 pounds. Tripp Brewer won the 220 class as he lifted 1,365 pounds. Kaden Rutherford and Jett Black both got third place, Rutherford in the 114 class and Black in the 220.
Tyson Jordan and Landyn Walker got fourth in their weight classes and Luis Covarubias got fifth place.
From Nocona, the Lady Indians had six of their lifters place in the top five and earn points. Kaitlyn Tiffner and Savannah Wade both finished first. Tiffner won the 105 class with a total of 480 pounds while Wade won the 123 class while lifting 725 pounds.
Kylea Wallace finished second in the 114 class and Jaelyn Rodriguez got fourth in the 220 class. Caris Johnson and Yazmin Ibarra got third and fourth in the 132 class.
The Nocona boy’s team had six lifters finish in the top five and score points for the team, with two winning their weight classes. Kaden Wallace won the 114 class as he lifted 650 total pounds. Omar Salinas won the next weight class up, the 123 class as he lifted a total of 685 pounds.
Matthew Johnson and Aiden Lopez both got third place, Johnson in the 275 class and Lopez in the 132 class. Gavin Miller finished fourth in the 242 class and A.J. Malone got fifth in the 148 class.
From Bellevue, the Lady Eagles had two lifters score points while the boy’s team had one lifter earn points. Mary Grace Broussard finished second in the 132 class as she lifted 620 pounds while Brittany Gill earned fifth place in the 148 class as she lifted 575 pounds. Blake Reese got fifth in the 181 class as he lifted 805 pounds.
Prairie Valley had two lifters compete in the meet, the first for the program in 11 years. Chase Goolsy just missed out on scoring points, finishing in sixth place in the 242 weight class as he lifted 850 total pounds. Emma Buck got eighth in the 148 class as she lifted 330 pounds.
The next girls meet is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Feb. 13 at Chico. The next boy’s meet is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Feb. 20 at Boyd.

Results for all lifters from Bowie, Nocona, Bellevue and Prairie Valley who completed all three lifts are in the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

For more pictures from the meet during the squat round, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6873012&T=1

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