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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.
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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