SPORTS
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 softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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