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Nocona teams play at City View
The Nocona basketball teams traveled to City View on Tuesday and had drastically different experiences.
While the girls won a high scoring game easily 77-43 against a team they had beaten before, the boys lost a close game 48-43 against a team that is emerging as a possible playoff team.
The Lady Indians got up early, exploding to a 27-9 lead. Despite that, Coach Kyle Spitzer was not happy with some of the things he was seeing on defense.
“Our defense was sloppy in the first quarter,” Spitzer said. “We kind of got it fixed in the second quarter.”
Despite that, the Lady Mustangs were able to make a couple shots, knock down their free throws and score relatively well despite trailing big for all of the game.
They could not keep up with the scoring pace from Nocona. While the Lady Indians could not equal their first quarter barrage, they did not have a down quarter offensively for the rest of the game as City View had no answer defensively as Nocona won 77-43.
Averee Kleinhans had another game where her total, 38 points, was almost equal to or better than the other team’s output. Trystin Fenoglio was second with 15 points while Laramie Hayes joined them in double digits with 11 points.
The boy’s game was much more competitive. Both teams came out swinging in a relatively high scoring first quarter as the teams were tied 15-15 heading into the second quarter.
The Indians offense faltered a bit the next two quarters as they could only equal their first quarter total. Luckily, their defense kept them in the game as they trailed only 32-30 heading into the fourth quarter.
Both teams picked up the pace a bit as Nocona was able to knock in three three-pointers as they almost equaled their first quarter total. Unfortunately, the Mustangs played with the lead and were able to knock in eight of their nine free throws in the quarter as they held on to win 48-43.
Carter Horn led the Indians with 12 points, all scored in the second half. Jason Sparkman was second with 10 points.
Nocona is still looking for its first district win in a district that is looking much more competitive than what was initially believed.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
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Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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