Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost a close game at home against Blue Ridge on Tuesday night.
The Tigers won 56-52 in a game that was close throughout.
The Indians were coming off a good run at the Bridgeport holiday tournament where they went 3-1 and everyone was back and feeling good after the break.
The game started slow as Nocona led 12-8 after the first quarter befoe things heated up.
Both teams scored well in the second quarter which meant the Indians held a little four-point lead 28-24 going into halftime.
Blue Ridge made up that lead in the third quarter and the team’s went into the fourth quarter tied up at 38-38.
The final period saw both teams scoring well and it came down to a couple more made baskets by the Tigers in the end.
Blue Ridge won 56-52.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns had a tough first game back from the holiday break as they lost to Midway on Tuesday.
The Falcons won 41-32 against a Longhorn team trying to shake off a couple weeks of rust following the pause in the season.
Forestburg was hoping to get its first win following a tough loss against Slidell to start district right before the holiday break paused things.
The Longhorns were playing catch-up throughout in the low-scoring game. Midway led 10-7 after the first quarter, 15-14 at halftime and 25-23 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Falcons then had their best offensive quarter to finish the game, scoring 16 points which was too much for Forestburg to keep up with. Midway won 41-32.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs lost a tough, high-scoring game at home on Tuesday against Slidell.
The Greyhounds won 95-54 against the young Bulldog team.
Prairie Valley lost a close game against Bellevue right before the holiday break to start off district play.
The Bulldogs were ready after attending a tournament at Electra last week to knock of the rust following the pause in the season, but Slidell is a different animal.
The Greyhounds scored 23 or more points three of the four quarters in the game.
It was just too much for Prairie Valley to keep up with even with a pretty good shooting game for the Bulldogs.

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