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Nocona
The Nocona Indians had an up and down first tournament last week.
The Indians went 3-3 overall and finished in fourth place as they played some tough competition.
Nocona started with a 51-41 win against Saint Jo. Landon Fatheree led the team with 22 points and eight rebounds. Karson Kleinhans was second with 14 points.
The Indians then fell to eventual tournament champs Ponder 64-23. Fatheree scored a team high 11 points in the game.
It was still tough in the next game playing Argyle’s JV team. The Eagles won 58-34. Kleinhans led the team with 11 points while Fatheree was second with nine points. Zyrus Moreno added six points.
Nocona rebounded with a close win against Era 57-51 thanks to a big second quarter. Kleinhans led the way with 29 points and six rebounds while Fatheree was second with nine points.
The Indians played Bellevue to start the final day of the tournament. Nocona won 69-42 and was boosted by Kleinhans scoring 44 points. It is believed by his coaches to be a boy’s program record, falling two points short of the overall program record set by his cousin Averee Kleinhans.
Oscar Salomon-Gomez was second with eight points while Fatheree had a team high 10 steals.
The Indians’ final game was played for third place with Lindsay. After a close first half, Nocona came out in the third quarter and struggled which allowed the Knights earn a double-digit lead. In the end, Lindsay held on to win 49-43.
Fatheree led the team with 15 points while Kleinhans was second with 13 points while grabbing six rebounds.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers had a tough first tournament last week playing in Nocona.
The Panthers went 1-4 overall while playing mostly bigger schools the entire time.
Saint Jo first played tournament host Nocona and lost a close game 51-41. It would be one of the closest games of the tournament.
The next two games against Lindsay and Ponder did not go well. The Knights won the first game 77-33 and the Lions won the other game 72-23.
Thankfully, the Panthers were able to break out of their rut by beating Era in a tight game 58-55.
Saint Jo wrapped up its tournament by playing Argyle’s JV team and lost 65-50.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles struggled playing in their first tournament last week, playing mostly bigger schools at Nocona.
The young Eagles’ team went 0-5, but still saw some growth while playing against some of the best teams they have played so far this season.
Bellevue got a tough draw to open the tournament, playing the eventual tournament champs Ponder. The Lions won 93-27. Ryan Jones led the Eagles with 10 points and Aaron Allison was second with seven points.
Bellevue played Lindsay and it was a high scoring game for both teams. Unfortunately, the Knights won 84-65. Allison led the team with 17 points, Jones scored 13 points and River Trail scored 11 points.
The Eagles played Era in their most competitive game of the tournament. Unfortunately, Bellevue lost 66-52. Jones had 19 points in the game while Bryce Ramsey was second with 13 points.
The Eagles had to play against Argyle’s JV team and lost 73-37. Allison led the team with 19 points and Brycen Bancroft was second with 10 points.
Bellevue ended the tournament by playing the host Nocona. The Indians won 69-42 to end the Eagles tournament. Jones led the team with 29 points while Ramsey was second with six points.
Missing scores
Coaches from Forestburg and Prairie Valley did not answer their email for tournament results from Chico. Gold-Burg did not play in a tournament.
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The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
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Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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