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Girls Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started off district play with a dominant showing at Petrolia on Friday night.
The Lady Indians won 77-10 in a game where Nocona was just clearly the better team in every way.
Nocona comes into the start of district as heavy favorites to win its sixth straight district title. The program last lost a district game back in 2019.
The Lady Indians have played some of the best teams in the state during their non-district schedule since they have a state tournament appearance in their long term sights.
So the prospect of playing a Lady Pirates team that is trying to rebound after losing several key starters and their coach from their playoff team last year, it was a bit one-sided before the game even started.
It lived up to that expectation as Nocona jumped out to a 31-3 lead after the first quarter.
While the Lady Indians offense reined it in a bit for the final three quarters, they never let up defensively. Petrolia scored only three points in the next two quarters combined. Nocona then got a little sloppy and allowed four whole points in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Indians won 77-10 in the end.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles lost a tough game on the road at Slidell on Friday night.
The Lady Greyhounds won 57-33 against the Lady Eagles in a game Bellevue would like to forget.
The Lady Eagles were hoping to give consistent district champion Slidell a challenge, with competitive losses against the two top teams in district that both beat the Lady Greyhounds in Saint Jo and Forestburg.
Unfortunately it was, according to Coach John McGee, one of the worst games the team has played all year long. The team struggled to score while turning the ball over too much.
Cirstin Allen was making shots for Bellevue, making four 3-pointers while scoring a team high 14 points.
Missing scores
The Forestburg game at Gold-Burg was forfeited as the Lady Bears only had four players available to play. The Lady Horns stay undefeated in district play.
With one of Gold-Burg’s players quitting so she can get a part-time job, Coach Cheryl Cromleigh is hopeful she can find another player so her team can continue its season and not forfeit the remainder of its games.
Saint Jo and Prairie Valley coaches did not get back to the Bowie News with score updates from Friday’s games.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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