Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians had a great senior night with some school history against Petrolia before beating state-ranked 1A team Eula in a non-district game.
The Lady Indians blew out Petrolia 97-26 before giving Eula only its second loss of the season in a competitive low-scoring affair 34-29.
Nocona knew its last district home game against Petrolia was not going to be close since the Lady Indians had rolled through almost every team in district once before already.
Knowing tougher games are on the horizon, Coach Kyle Spitzer makes sure his team does not hold back despite the lead ballooning at times. Spitzer wants his team to get something out of each game, so his teams rarely ever come out flat or have too many down periods in these blowouts.
One thing to keep this game interesting was Meg Meekins chance at the program’s single-game scoring record of 46 points set by Averee Kleinhans. Meekins had scored 43 earlier in the month and it was more of if the situation came up would Spitzer and Meekins want to go for it.
On senior night they did. In the final minute, Meekins put in two free throws to put her at 48 points in the victory as Nocona won 97-26.
Besides Meekins historic night, Ayden Patton scored 12 points and Reagan Phipps had 10 points in the blowout win.
Nocona had a bye in its district schedule, but filled it by playing a tough game.
Eula lost its first game of the season to Gorman in overtime by five points. Since then the Lady Pirates had won every game and was ranked in the top five in the state in the 1A classification.
The Lady Indians played at their gym on Friday and controlled things from the start. Nocona led 14-4 after the first quarter and held at 20-14 at halftime.
The Lady Indians stayed in the lead despite both teams not exactly lighting up the scoreboard.
Nocona led 27-19 heading into the fourth quarter. Eula made a run, scoring 10 points in the period, but the Lady Indians were able to score a few baskets to win by a little margin 34-29.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns went 1-1 last week as they stayed in third place in the district standings.
The Lady Horns lost a close game at Bellevue 41-37 before winning at home against Midway 41-33.
Forestburg came into the week sitting in third place and hoping it could move up in the district standings.
The first time the Lady Horns had played the Lady Eagles, the full-court press had proven too physical for Forestburg to handle as it lost in a one-sided game.
On Jan. 28, the Lady Horns were ready to meet that physicality head on.
Forestburg hung with Bellevue all game even if the Lady Horns were playing from behind all game. The Lady Eagles led 12-8 after the first quarter, 20-15 at halftime and 35-29 heading into the fourth quarter.
In the end, Forestburg just could not make enough shots during the slower-paced final period to make up the deficit.
Bellevue won 41-37.
Brenna Briles led the Lady Horns with 19 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and three steals. Jocelynn Rich was second with eight points while Taylor Griggs had six rebounds and three blocks.
Despite the loss, it showed how much ground Forestburg had made up between it and the second place team in the district.
To hold on to that place, the Lady Horns would have to beat a Midway they had beaten by nine points earlier in the month.
It was a similar game to that one, but in the end Forestburg pulled out the win 41-33, winning by eight points this time around.
Briles had a team high 12 points and 10 assists. Rich also had a double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing a team high 12 rebounds.

Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from the Prairie Valley coach about last week’s game at Midway.

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