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Basketball Roundup
Nocona girls
The Nocona Lady Indians easily won their district home opener on Tuesday night against Electra.
The Lady Indians won 87-26 against the Lady Tigers.
Nocona came in confident after getting an easy win against Archer City to start off district play the previous week.
The Lady Indians dominated from the beginning, going up 28-7 in the first quarter and leading 51-11 at halftime. Coach Kyle Spitzer kept the team’s foot on the pedal in the third quarter before loosening the things a tad as the bench played a lot of the fourth quarter.
In the end the team had five players score in double-figures, with three of them being bench players. Meg Meekins led the team with 19 points and five assists. Aubree Kleinhans scored 10 points. Off the bench, Paige Davis had 13 points, Ayden Patton had 11 points and Bayler Smith had 10 points.
Nocona boys
The Nocona Indians had a tough game against Holliday at home on Tuesday night.
The Eagles won 54-29 against the Indians, having rough second and fourth quarters.
Nocona was coming off an up and down performance at the Poolville tournament and was hoping to give its former district opponent a challenge.
In the first quarter the Indians hung with Holliday, trailing only 13-10. Then the Indians offense failed to score more than single-digits in the next three quarters as the Eagles lead grew more and more.
Nocona scored 19 points in the final three quarters as Holliday won 54-29.
Karson Kleinhans led the team with 10 points and three assists. Zyrus Moreno scored six points and Oscar Salomon-Gomez scored five points.
Saint Jo girls
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won at Prestonwood Christian Academy on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers got the victory 61-40 against the Lady Lions.
It was a team effort as four players finished in double-figures for Saint Jo. Krista Reeves led the team with 15 points.
Payzlie Cervantes scored 14, Jordyn O’Neal scored 13 and Aubrey Morman had 10 points. Taylor Patrick had a team high 13 rebounds and nine assists.
Forestburg boys
The Forestburg Longhorns lost a close game at Victory Christian Academy in Decatur.
The Patriots held on to win 43-40 against the Longhorns.
Forestburg was trailing only 22-21 at halftime, but according to Coach Curtis Enis, the team came out flat in the third quarter and fell behind 34-28. The Longhorns made a charge in the fourth quarter fell short by one basket in the end.
Jesus Sanchez led the team with 16 points and Kyler Willett was second with 11 points.
The Longhorns played Community Christian on Friday.
Gold-Burg boys
The Gold-Burg Bears lost a tough game at Garner on Tuesday night.
The Longhorns won 66-41 against the Bears.
Gold-Burg had a tough start to the game only scoring five points in the first quarter. Even with the Bears bouncing back to have good second and fourth quarters offensively, it was not enough to dig Gold-Burg out of the double-digit hole to start the game.
Camden Dreyer led the team with nine points and three made 3-pointers while Keelyn Case was second with eight points.
Bellevue girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles beat Windthorst at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Eagles earned the 46-33 victory against the bigger Lady Trojans thanks to a big fourth quarter performance.
Bellevue struggled to start the game, trailing 13-4 after the first quarter.
The Lady Eagles struck back and cut the lead to one basket 19-17 heading into halftime.
Still Windthorst held on to its lead, growing it to 30-25 heading into the fourth quarter.
From there, Bellevue turned up the intensity and dominated.
The Lady Eagles nearly doubled their three quarter total scoring 21 points. On the flip side, they limited the Lady Trojans to only three points on free throws in the in the final period.
Bellevue won running away with it 46-33.
Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from the coaches of the Saint Jo boy’s, Forestburg girls, the Prairie Valley boys and the Bellevue boy’s teams. The Bowie boys and Prairie Valley girls teams did not play on Tuesday.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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