SPORTS
Nocona Indians fall in district opener; Lady Indians clinch another victory
With both of Nocona’s basketball teams playing district basketball, the Indians and Lady Indians hosted Holliday on Friday.
While the Lady Indians were able to stay undefeated in district with an easy 61-35 win, the Indians started off district 0-1 after losing to the Eagles 47-26.
The Nocona girls were able to weather a close start to quarter one by ending the quarter on a 15-1 run as the Lady Indians led 24-9 heading into the second quarter. The Lady Eagles could not recover as Nocona led 54-33 heading into the fourth quarter.
With the game in hand, Coach Kyle Spitzer felt he needed to challenge his team in the fourth quarter.
“I said they have averaged 11 points a quarter,” Spitzer said. “Let’s see if we can hold them under that and we held them to two points.”
Other than his defense stepping up when challenged, Spitzer also tried to challenge his team to rebound, as it has been an issue all season against certain teams.
“I would say it was probably in the top three performances this season we had rebounding,” Spitzer said.
The Lady Indians ended up winning 61-35.
Averee Kleinhans bounced back from a rough game for her at Henrietta by scoring 39 points. Trystin Fenoglio was second with nine points.
The Nocona boys were not so lucky. After getting down 21-8 in the first quarter, the Indians offense never picked up. Despite getting the looks they wanted, shots were not falling for anyone on Nocona’s side while Holliday was able to coast their way home as they won 47-26. Joan Gomez led the team with six points while Lyndon Fenoglio scored five.
Coach Colby Schniederjan knows his team will have to play better if they want to compete in district play, but also knows not to overreact to one game.
“We have to play our best game every night to compete,” Schniederjan said. “No one won a district championship on Friday and no one was eliminated from the playoffs. We have nine games left and plenty of opportunity to win games and set ourselves up for postseason play, but we must realize that everyone is also chasing the same goal.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.
Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.
“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”
Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.
In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.
Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.
In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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