SPORTS
Lady Indians win first two games
The Nocona Lady Indians kicked off their season with two wins last week.
The Lady Indians picked up one-sided wins against Springtown, 64-45, and against Vernon in their home opener 78-55.
Besides a little bit of a slow start against the Lady Porcupines, neither game saw Nocona trail or sweat too much.
Returning all-state player and last years’ area’s leading scorer Averee Kleinhans is back for her junior campaign and led the Lady Indians in both games with 16 and 25 points. Her cousin and senior point guard Trystin Fenoglio also put up double figures in both games with 14 and 13 points, but this year Coach Kyle Spitzer hopes is more than just a retread of last year’s success.
Gone are tough defenders Brooke O’Neal and Rachel Patrick. Last year starting post player Laramie Hayes is out for the season with an injury she suffered during volleyball. Valuable bench player and potential starter Chloe Daughtry hopes to be ready to play sooner rather than later, but will not be rushed back.
While last year’s team accomplished a lot of things a Nocona team had not done in awhile with a district title and run in the playoffs that ended in the regional quarterfinals, Spitzer wants this year’s team to be judged for this season.
“We had a lot of things go our way last year,” Spitzer said. “We won a lot of close games and had some balls bounce our way at the end of games. Some people may say if we don’t win as many games as we did last year that we are not as good, but I want this year’s team to be measured by what they do and not what last year’s team did.”
Last year’s district race was tight with Childress and the Lady Indians splitting their games. A Kleinhans buzzer-beater at home gave Nocona its win last year and the Lady Tigers return big post presence Grace Foster.
Within Montague County, an experienced Bowie team returns the majority of last year’s players that took everything the Lady Indians could throw at them to win both games.
A coaching change and revenge on the mind could be the difference for that team looking to take the crown from its rivals.
Holliday is always a program to respect and is never an easy out in any sport. They were the odd playoff team out and will be trying to make noise in a tough district.
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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