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.