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Girls Basketball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians finished second at their hosted tournament last week.
The Lady Indians went 5-1, only losing the championship match at the Tres Niños Shootout.
Nocona first took down Throckmorton easily 75-12. Meg Meekins led the team with 27 points while Jolie Rose, Aubree Kleinhans and Jasmine Olivares each scored nine points.
The Lady Indians then beat Holliday 57-45. Meekins scored 28 points while Reagan Phipps, Ayden Patton and Rose each scored six points.
Nocona started day two beating Bellevue 91-26. Meekins scored 23 points, Phipps scored 15 points, Kaygan Stone scored 11 points and Patton scored 10.
Next the Lady Indians beat down Azle’s JV team 72-11. Meekins scored 14 points, Kleinhans scored 13 and Phipps 11 to lead the team.
On Saturday, Nocona was able to beat Decatur’s JV team 52-33 to move on to the championship game. Meekins scored 27 points and Olivares was second with 10 points.
The Lady Indians met Arygle’s JV team. Nocona led at halftime, but struggled in the second half. This allowed the Lady Eagles to pull ahead and win 48-43. Meekins and Phipps each scored eight points to lead the team.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers competed in their second tournament of the season at Chico last week.
The Lady Panthers went 3-1 over the three days as they competed.
Saint Jo first played Olney and won big 61-29. Taylor Patrick led the team with 18 points, Payzlie Cervantes was second with 15 and Krista Reeves scored 10 points. Kamron Skidmore had a team high eight rebounds.
The Lady Panthers second game was their only loss in the tournament and it was a close one. Quinlan Boles won by one point 47-46. Cervantes led the team with 16 points and seven assists. Aubrey Morman and Reeves were second with seven points each. Reeves and Patrick both grabbed eight rebounds.
Saint Jo got back on track on Friday by beating Victory Christian Academy 50-36. Jordyn O’Neal led the team with 12 points and Cervantes was second with nine points. Skidmore grabbed a team high 12 rebounds and Patrick handed out a team high six assists.
The Lady Panthers final game was another one-sided win, this time against Valley View 68-38. Cervantes led the team with 24 points and O’Neal was second with 16 points. Patrick grabbed 14 rebounds and had five assists to lead the team.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns had a tough tournament at Chico, playing some bigger schools that they struggled against.
The Lady Horns went 1-3 overall.
Forestburg lost to Harrold 56-41, against Quinlan Boles 50-22 and Victory Christian 39-16. The Lady Horns did beat Valley View 39-34.
Forestburg had two all-tournament selections with Jocelyn Rich and Braylee Briles being named to the team.
Missing Scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from Bellevue’s games at the Tres Niños Shootout from the coaches. Prairie Valley did not play in a tournament.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News. For pictures from the Nocona versus Bellevue game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870982&T=1
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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