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.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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