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Football Roundup
Nocona
Coming off a bye week the Nocona Indians were able carry over the momentum of their first district win against Callisburg by dispatching S&S Consolidated at home on Friday.
The Rams were no match for the Indians as they won 58-3 in a game that was never close. S&S were dealing with injuries at the quarterback position and had their starting running back have to take over the position.
This made them more one dimensional and Nocona’s defense took advantage of that by shutting down their running game, something Coach Brad Keck was pleased to see.
Offensively, the Indians had everything going on as they were able to generate big plays both the passing and running game.
“We were able to throw and catch pretty well,” Keck said. “I thought we ran the ball well, too.”
With the win, the Indians sit in fourth place with a 2-2 district record and would get the final playoff seed if the season ended today.
They face a challenge this week as they will be tasked to travel to Holliday, a team who’s only loss has been to Gunter and who’s game plan is to try to run the ball through and around everyone on offense.
“They have the ability to do that,” Keck said. “They have some really good lineman and they break a lot of long runs. They have a lot of speed in the backfield.”
The scheduled kickoff time is 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2 at Holliday High School.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears started their two game district schedule on Friday as they hosted Fannindel.
Needing to win one of the two games to guarantee a playoff spot, the Bears fell to tough Falcons 62-12.
Gold-Burg did not match up well in the speed department against Fannindel as the Bears struggled to contain their running back.
“We were in position to make plays on him all night, but we couldn’t get him to the ground,” Coach Gordon Williams said. “A kid like that at this level can make a huge difference. He had all of their offense by himself and scored nine touchdowns.”
Still, Williams liked his teams effort and attitude even as the game started to get out of hand against a good team.
With one game left against familiar county team Forestburg, it is win or go home. The Longhorns have given Gold-Burg plenty of trouble in the past, losing the past four years against them. It will be on Forestburg’s senior and homecoming night. The stakes are as high as they can be.
The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2 at Forestburg.
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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