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Girls Basketball Roundup
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns were able to win a frustrating one-sided game at home on Tuesday night against Vernon Northside.
The Lady Horns won 42-26 against the Lady Indians in a game that was not close but dragged in some places.
Forestburg was coming off a tough tournament and hoping to bounce back with a good performance at home. The Lady Horns came out playing a full-court press style defense that seemed to be too much for Northside from the start.
Unfortunately, physicality was kept to a minimum with how the game was called. With Forestburg wanting to turn every game it plays in into a rock fight, this was frustrating though it did not affect the results much.
The Lady Horns led 11-4 after the first quarter and 20-8 after the second quarter.
In the third quarter Forestburg had its big post player Taylor Griggs foul out.
With a limited bench, the Lady Horns tried to pull back as their lead was cut down to single-digits 26-17 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Indians never threatened to come back and make it close. Forestburg’s leading scorer Brenna Briles scored 12 of her 30 points in the final period to help the Lady Horns comfortably pull away.
Even when Forestburg had another player foul out and the team finished the last two minutes of the game with only four players, the Lady Horns easily managed as they won 42-26.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won a heavily anticipated showdown at Newcastle on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians won 49-39 against the Lady Cats, beating the defending 1A state champs in their own gym as the team’s two marquee players faced off as well.
Newcastle made it look easy last year on its way to the 1A state championship.
But, after a key graduation and a tougher pre-district schedule, the Lady Cats have struggled early in the season playing against bigger schools. Still, Newcastle is led by senior Mattie Dollar, last year’s 1A state player of the year.
She also is signed to play at Lubbock Christian University next year, joined by Nocona’s senior Meg Meekins who has her own long list of accolades.
It was close for the first three quarters, with the Lady Indians only marginally adding to their slim lead each time. Nocona led 14-13 after the first quarter, 23-20 at halftime and 36-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Indians have experience playing with the lead and were able to drain the clock and get to the free throw line where they made all six of their attempts.
The Lady Cats did not have the firepower to score a bunch in quick succession that night as Nocona won 49-39.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won in easy fashion against Electra at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Eagles beat the Lady Tigers 46-18.
Bellevue used its pressure defense to jump out and grab the lead, scoring 23 points in the first quarter and 16 in the second as it led 39-10.
With the Lady Eagles calling off the press, the team struggled to play with the same type of intensity in the second half.
While Bellevue’s defense continued to shut down Electra, the offense struggled to score much, totaling seven points in the second half.
Still, the Lady Eagles won easily 46-18.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers were able to win big at home on Tuesday night against bigger school, 2A S&S Consolidated.
The Lady Panthers won 46-21 against the Lady Rams.
Saint Jo was coming off a good tournament where it won all but one of its games at Chico.
The Lady Panthers used its pressure defense to force 30 steals in the game which allowed for a lot of transition opportunities.
Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from Tuesday’s game from Prairie Valley’s coach. Bowie had a bye game and Gold-Burg does not have a team this season.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the Forestburg girls game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6871041&T=1
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs had a good final non-district warm-up on Friday at home against Ector.
The Eagles beat the Bulldogs 69-63 in a game where Prairie Valley was trying to play catch up all the way through.
The Bulldogs were coming off a tough tournament at Electra the previous week to try and knock the holiday rust off. Prairie Valley was familiar with Ector, having played the team to start its season back in early November and was hoping to compete better than it did in that first game.
The Eagles came out firing, splashing five 3-pointers, including several deep ones, to go out to a 21-8 lead in the first quarter. Even with the Bulldogs changing out of their preferred zone defense, the 3-pointers continued a bit and opened things up inside the arc.
Thankfully, Prairie Valley’s offense came alive in the second quarter, scoring 18 points and cutting the lead down to 38-26 at halftime.
The third quarter was more of the same, though a different player for Ector started to get hot from beyond the arc. Even as the Bulldogs were able to keep up their offensive production from the second quarter, they could not break through and cut the game to single-digits, trailing 54-42 heading into the final period.
The fourth quarter saw Prairie Valley break through to cut it the lead to single-digits, but just not close enough. Every time the Bulldogs were on the cusp of making it a one or two basket game, the Eagles would make a shot to keep that distance.
In the end, the final score was the closest Prairie Valley got as Ector won 69-63.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians bounced back with a competitive district win at Petrolia on Friday.
The Indians won 60-53 against the Pirates in a game where the middle quarters took drastic swings in momentum.
Nocona was coming off its first district loss against Windthorst as the team sat a 1-1 district record.
Petrolia came into the game at 0-1, but had a bit more time to prepare for the game.
The first quarter was competitive, but the Indians were able to get to the free throw line at will and led 16-11.
Then Nocona’s pressure defense turned up its intensity in the second quarter.
“Our pressure seemed to disrupt them and we were able to get out in transition after forcing turnovers,” Coach Brody Wilson said.
Nocona scored 25 points and led 41-25 at halftime.
Unfortunately, that intensity did not keep up at the start of the third quarter for Nocona.
The Indians took their foot off the gas a little bit which allowed Petrolia’s offense to get back into the game and make up some of the deficit.
The Pirates outscored Nocona 15-7 and trailed only 48-40 heading into the final period.
Thankfully, the Indians bounced back and competed a bit better in the fourth quarter. Nocona was able to keep offensive pace to keep Petrolia at a bit of a distance instead of making it a one score game.
The Indians held on to win 60-53.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly Bowie News.
For more pictures from the Prairie Valley game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6871971&T=1
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