SPORTS
Girls Roundup
Nocona
In a showing of domination against everyone in district, the Nocona Lady Indians had their most one-sided win against Olney on Friday.
The Lady Indians won 82-5, allowing the Lady Cubs only two baskets all game that both came in the second quarter.
It was the ultimate mismatch. Nocona is the sixth ranked team in 2A according to the most recent Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll, with only three losses against bigger schools who are also ranked among the top in 3A and 4A.
The Lady Indians had already outscored the other four district opponents 284-103.
Olney lost all four of its district games, but had come just three points short in its previous game against Petrolia, hoping it was maybe turning a corner and could give its all against the vastly superior Nocona team.
The Lady Indians showed no mercy, never scoring less than 15 points, which they did in the fourth quarter, while scoring 26 and 25 points in the middle quarters.
In the end, six of Nocona’s seven players finished with more points individually than the Lady Cubs scored all game.
Forestburg vs Bellevue
The Forestburg Lady Horns won at Bellevue on Friday night.
The Lady Horns won 53-42 against the Lady Eagles in the team’s second matchup.
The first game between the teams more than a month ago was close as Forestburg won 63-57.
The Lady Horns team has gone on to lose only one district game to Saint Jo while Bellevue had competed well, but had a 2-4 district record.
The first quarter was close as the defenses muddied up the scoring opportunities for both teams.
Forestburg led only 8-7 after the first quarter.
The pace picked up offensively for both sides the rest of the game. Neither team scored less than 11 points in each of the final three quarters.
It was the middle quarters where the Lady Horns pulled away, outscoring the Lady Eagles 18-12 and 16-12.
With the two teams playing an even fourth quarter tied 11-11, Forestburg held on to win comfortably 53-42.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost their first district game on the road at Slidell on Friday night.
The Lady Greyhounds won 53-44 to get revenge against the Lady Panthers.
Saint Jo came into the game 6-0 while Slidell was 4-2. The first game was won by one basket more than a month ago at the Lady Panthers home court. The Lady Greyhounds also lost to Forestburg to threaten their long run of district championships.
Slidell came out and controlled the game for most of the way though the Lady Panthers were never far behind nipping at the lead and hoping to take control when it mattered.
The Lady Greyhounds led 10-6 after the first quarter and 19-16 at halftime. The pace picked up with both teams more than doubling the first half totals in the third quarter alone, but Saint Jo was till behind.
Only in the final period did Slidell pull ahead by nearly double-digits where it was able to stay and win 53-44.
Missing scores
Prairie Valley had a bye-game on Friday night.
Gold-Burg has canceled the rest of its season for having too few players on its team.
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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