SPORTS
Nocona girls stay in first place in district, boys go 1-1 last week
Girls
The Nocona Lady Indians continued their march toward another district title with one-sided wins against Olney and Windthorst last week.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Cubs 79-16 and the Lady Trojans 56-33.
Nocona came into the week confident, having only been challenged in one of its district games so far and having last lost a district game way back in 2019.
The Lady Indians first hosted Olney on Feb. 21 and beat the poor Lady Cubs bad as Coach Kyle Spitzer wanted to make sure his team did not give less than its full effort despite the competition not being great.
The next game on Feb. 24 at Windthorst was a bit more competitive since the Lady Trojans are a playoff team, but Nocona still did not have much to worry about.
Spitzer had four of his regular starters not start the game so he could try and give plenty of valuable minutes to his younger and less experienced bench players.
While it was far from the Lady Indians best shooting night, the team played hard and won easily 56-33.
Boys
The Nocona Indians went 1-1 last week, picking up a solid win at home before losing on the road.
The Indians won 51-36 against Olney before traveling to Windthorst and losing 48-37.
Against the Cubs on Feb. 21, Nocona started off with a hot first quarter start to build up its lead. The middle quarters were more low-scoring and allowed Olney to catch up a bit before a blistering fourth quarter saw the Indians pull away by a comfortable margin.
It was a good win, but going into the game at the Trojans gym, Nocona knew it was a chance to move up in the district standings since Windthorst was one of the two teams it lost to in the first round of district play.
The Trojans were much taller and bigger and used that size to grab offensive rebounds at will sometimes. That meant every offensive possession from the Indians was treated as precious which kept the pace low as Nocona battled well despite the disadvantage.
Nocona trailed only 27-23 entering the fourth quarter. The final period saw the pace increase as both offenses finished in double-figures. Unfortunately, the Trojans nearly doubled their three-quarter total and pulled away, winning 48-37.
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In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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