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Nocona volleyball finishes second at Buckle Up for Lane
The Nocona Lady Indians volleyball team played in its last tournament of the season last week with the hosted “Buckle Up for Lane’s Sake.”
Named after Nocona High School student Lane Fenoglio, who died in an auto accident in 1998, the tournament had 25 of the area’s top teams compete for area pride.
The host Lady Indians almost won it all, losing the championship game of the gold bracket to one of the top ranked teams in the state in 3A Boyd.
In pool play on Thursday, Nocona started out the tournament on a tough note. Sanger gave the Lady Indians issues, winning a close second set 27-25 to force a third set Nocona was able to pull out 25-21.
After the opening match the Lady Indians won their next three matches on the day against Electra, Burkburnett and Callisburg all in straight sets.
With no losses in pool play, Nocona qualified for the gold bracket on Saturday with a top seed. Still it would not be easy.
The Lady Indians faced off against Iowa Park. The Lady Hawks won the first set 25-22 to give Nocona a pause. The Lady Indians were able to regroup and win the next two sets and keeping Iowa Park out of the 20s with scores 25-18 and 25-16.
The next match against Melissa was not any easier. After winning the first set easily 25-17, the Lady Cardinals won the second set 25-22 to force a third set. It could have gone either way, but Nocona won the set by the narrowest of margins 25-23 to make it to the championship game.
Boyd came into the championship match without having lost a set all tournament. The Lady Indians gave it their best shot and made the Lady Yellowjackets earn it in set one with a 25-21 win. The second set got away from Nocona as Boyd won 25-8 to win the tournament title.
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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