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Boys Basketball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians hosted Henrietta on Tuesday and blew out the former district opponent.
The Indians won 72-49 against the Bearcats, outscoring Henrietta in three of the four quarters.
Nocona got out to a great start, scoring 23 points in the first quarter. The Bearcats were not too far behind in the high-scoring first period, scoring 15 points.
The Indians held Henrietta to only six and 11 points the next two quarters while not dropping off too much from their first quarter pace. Nocona led 39-21 at halftime and 59-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Indians did let their foot off a gas a bit in the fourth quarter with their lead being so high. The Bearcats outscored Nocona 17-13, but the Indians still won easily overall 72-49.
Karson Kleinhans led Nocona with 20 points while three other players also finished in double-figures. Brady McCasland scored 16 points, Johnny Stone scored 12 points and Javier Gaytan scored 10 points while leading the team with seven assists.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns won in overtime against Bryson at home on Tuesday night.
The Longhorns won by one basket 68-66 against the Cowboys to give them some confidence with district play starting soon.
Forestburg was coming off an up and down Thackerville tournament and wanted a good game against a team that is similar size.
The two teams battled back and forth through three high scoring quarters, with leads switching sides several times.
The fourth quarter and overtime periods then got tense as the pressure of the moment and the pace grew more deliberate for both sides.
After scoring double-digits in every quarter throughout the game, both scored only nine points in the fourth quarter which sent the game into overtime tied at 61-61.
The Longhorns made one more field goal and added a free throw make to pull ahead in the end, winning 68-66.
Jesus Sanchez led the team with 22 points while Talon Jones came off the bench to score 18 points.
Jesse Wadsworth added 16 points while grabbing a team high 12 rebounds and dishing seven assists.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs lost a competitive game at Petrolia on the road Tuesday night.
The Pirates won 52-42 against the Bulldogs in a game where Prairie Valley was playing catch up from the start.
The Bulldogs were always within range to pull a comeback if they went on a run. Petrolia led 26-20 at halftime and 41-36 heading into the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, Prairie Valley could never turn the corner and get the lead.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles lost at Electra on Tuesday night in a disappointing performance with district play starting soon.
The Tigers won 56-34 against the Eagles in a game where they had no answer for Electra’s post play.
The Tiger’s Jeremiah Murphy scored 30 and Bellevue could not keep up offensively.
Ryan Jones led the Eagles with 13 points while River Trail ended with nine points.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears lost a tough, one-sided game against private school Victory Christian on Tuesday.
The Patriots won 75-31 against the Bears who want to forget the game as just an awful night.
Aidan Foster led the team with 12 points while Jayon Grace was second with nine points.

Missing scores
Saint Jo’s Coach did not give results from Tuesday’s game.

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Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory

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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.

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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney

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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.

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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages

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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.

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