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Nocona basketball teams play in first tournaments
The Nocona basketball teams both traveled to their first tournaments of the season last week.
The Lady Indians traveled to Alvord and came away with the tournament championship while the boy’s team was challenged and did well at Franklin.
The first team in their way was Callisburg. The Lady Indians made quick work of the Lady Cats, winning 57-4. Averee Kleinhans led the team with 32 points, with 27 coming in the first half against the overmatched team.
Nocona next played traditional 1A power Slidell. The Lady Indians made sure it was no contest again with a dominant showing, winning 76-19. Kleinhans scored 33 points while Kylie Rose was second with 16 points, making four three-pointers.
Iowa Park proved to be Nocona’s toughest game of the tournament as the teams both scored quite a bit of points. The Lady Indians kept their streak of 70-point games in the tournament going while the Lady Hawks tried to keep up. Nocona would win 71-51. Kleinhans led with 22 points while Karlee Brown scored 15 points and Rose would score 14.
The win put the Lady Indians in the championship game against the tournament host Lady Bulldogs. Nocona came just short of scoring 70 points for the fourth straight game, but with its defense holding Alvord to two points in the first and third quarters, the Lady Indians total points was more than enough. Nocona won 65-36.
Kleinhans led the team with 34 points, just short of outscoring the Lady Bulldogs team. Sydni Messer added 12 points to join her in double figures.
The Nocona boy’s team did not come away with a tournament title, but the team went 2-3 against some challenging, unfamiliar teams with Franklin being three and half hours away.
The Indians first played a home schooled team, Aggieland, from College Station. Nocona would win 63-53. Next against Groesbeck, the Indians would win 75-38.
Some games against state ranked teams like the tournament host and Central Heights did not go well as the Indians offense struggled to score. The Lions would win 66-28 and the Blue Devils 39-22. Nocona would end the tournament against Navasota, losing 49-31.
Coach Colby Schniederjan felt like the tournament provided an adequate challenge for his team going forward, with so many unfamiliar teams giving different looks.
“We saw really good teams with different game plans and versions of basketball,” Schniederjan said. “It was exactly what you want in a tournament. We fought through adversity and played a lot of minutes. Some of our weaknesses were spotlighted which only gives us things to work on and continue to better. We only gained positive things from this weekend.”
The Nocona boy’s team head to another tournament this weekend at Jacksboro. The Lady Indians next play at Ponder at 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 13.
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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