SPORTS
Lady Indians start playoff run with a blowout win against Hawley
The Nocona Lady Indians blew the doors off the gym against Hawley on Monday to open up their playoff run on the right note.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Cats 84-39 in a one-sided beating they have been giving up routinely since they started district play.
Nocona first secured its seventh straight district title the previous week when it beat the only team that gave it any trouble during district play, Seymour, on Feb. 4.
The state-ranked Lady Panthers lost by single-digits the first time around and the second game was no different. The Lady Indians led 21-18 at halftime and actually trailed 29-28 heading into the final period. Nocona had Meg Meekins score 11 of the team’s 13 points as it took the lead and held on to win 41-38.
Meekins led the team with 27 points while Paige Davis was second with five points.
The win not only secured Nocona’s seventh straight district title, it was the sixth straight district title where the team had no losses, with the last loss coming in 2019.
Heading into Monday’s bi-district playoff game, the Lady Indians had a lot of confidence even if Hawley came in with 22 wins and had finished second in the district to a state-ranked Cisco team.
For the first three quarters Nocona showed no mercy. For a team that had outscored its district opponents by more than 550 points, the Lady Indians know how to not let off the gas pedal.
Nocona scored 25 points, 21 points and 24 points in the first three quarters all while not allowing the Lady Cats to score in the double-digits in any quarter.
Up 70-18 entering the fourth quarter, only then did the Lady Indians let off the gas as Coach Kyle Spitzer emptied his bench. More than half of Hawley’s scoring came in the final quarter as Nocona won 81-39.
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A positive culture can be tough to install but will reap dividends if done correctly.
Trinadee Imotichey is trying to do just that with her Forestburg Lady Longhorns.
Imotichey, an assistant coach on the 2025 Forestburg volleyball team, was moved into the head coaching position. Last year’s coach, Cori Hayes, took over as football head coach.
Imotichey, in her 2nd year in Forestburg, said she learned a lot from Hayes and is ready to take over.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s summer softball league team overcame a 6-1 deficit with a six-run third inning for a 7-6 win over Bridgeport in its season opener July 6.
The league consists of teams from Bowie, Nocona, Lindsay, Bridgeport, and Alvord and will last three weeks. Bowie will host games each week.
Bowie pitcher Hazel Trahern gave up two singles and a groundout to put the Sissies on the board in the first. It would be the only hits she gave up in the game. Two groundouts and a strikeout got the Lady Rabbits out of the jam.
Bowie got the run back in the bottom of the first with Andee Jo Miller opening the frame with a walk and a stolen base. She then scored on Kynlee Baker’s groundout to tie the game at one.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Rest. Run. Repeat.
Sage Keck, an 8th grader at Montague, lives by this mantra. No ifs, ands and buts about it.
She’s been running since fourth grade PE classes where she would run a mile every week. After discovering she could outrun the other students, she began to enjoy it and continued doing it.
Her success continued, as she finished 2nd overall against more than 200 runners at the Old Saint Jo 5K July 4. In last weekend’s Texas Junior Olympics, she reached the pinnacle of her career so far by qualifying for the United States of America Track and Field (USATF) National Junior Olympics in Norwalk, Calif. in three events.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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