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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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.
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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.
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