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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got a tough win against Wichita Falls on Friday before heading into the holiday break.
The Indians held on in a high scoring fourth quarter to win 54-50.
The game got started with both teams knocking down shots. The Coyotes made four 3-pointers in the first quarter and scored 16 points.
Nocona was not far behind scoring 15 points as well. Cesar Guitierrez scored seven points in the quarter as the Indians trailed by only one heading into the second quarter.
Both teams cooled off in the second quarter with neither cracking double-digits. Adam Meekins scored made two 3-pointers in the quarter as Nocona tied the scored at 23-23 heading into halftime.
The Indians grabbed control of the game in the third quarter.
Nocona’s defense continued to stifle Wichita Falls while five different players scored points for the Indians. Nocona led 37-29 heading into the fourth quarter.
Both offenses again came alive in the final period. The Coyotes got hot from long range again, making four 3-pointers after only making one in the previous two quarters.
The Indians offense kept things going from the third quarter. The team made three 3-pointers of its own as six different players scored points for the team.
Nocona did just enough to hold off Wichita Falls to win 54-50.
Meekins led the Indians with 15 points on five made 3-pointers. Gutierrez joined him in double-figures scoring 11 points.
The Indians are scheduled to play at Henrietta at 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 30.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs hosted and lost a close game to Huckabay on Friday.
The Bulldogs lost 56-55 despite having opportunities at the end of the game to take the lead.
Prairie Valley got off to a disappointing start offensively in the first quarter, scoring only three points.
The Bulldogs picked things up in the second quarter, taking the lead at one point before the Indians size inside allowed them to retake the lead 27-25 heading into halftime.
Prairie Valley continued to make enough shots from outside to regain the lead in the third quarter, but Huckaby again came on strong to end the quarter, heading into the fourth quarter leading 43-41.
It was back and forth for most of the final period, with neither team getting more than a one-score lead ahead.
The Indians had a one-point lead in the final minute, but missed free throws that could have put them ahead by three two different times. Prairie Valley also missed a free throw that could have tied the game up as well.
The Bulldogs forced a turnover and had a chance at a possession for the game winning shot, but turned the ball over themselves.
Even with the Indians missing a free throw, six seconds was not enough time for Prairie Valley to get a good shot off besides a running heave just inside the half court line. The shot missed and Huckabay won 56-55.
Tyler Winkler led the Bulldogs with 22 points. Isaac Yeargin scored 14 points while leading the team with four 3-pointers. Konner Ritchie joined them in double-figures scoring 11 points.
Prairie Valley’s next scheduled game is at 2 p.m. at Perrin-Whitt on Dec. 28 before diving back into district play.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers played back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday with a win against Perrin-Whitt and a loss to Alvord.
The Panthers won 55-42 against the Pirates while losing a low-scoring game against the Bulldogs 37-25.
Saint Jo had spurts of offense in the first and third quarter to establish a lead that its defense finished off in the second and fourth quarter.
Brice Durham led the team with 17 points. Cade Stevens led the team with seven assists while also scoring in double-figures with 11 points.
It was a defensive battle for both teams at Alvord the next day. The game was competitive though until the fourth quarter when the Bulldogs pulled away.
Kile Thurman led the team with six points and Chance Bennett did good things on defense taking three charges.
The Panthers open district earlier in the week against Midway. Their first game after the break is scheduled to be at 3 p.m. on Dec. 29 against Muenster at home.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.
The 72nd Chisholm Trail Rodeo was a big success on Friday and Saturday nights at Nocona.
The rodeo had big crowds and saw some good competition from both local and far reaching talent.
Winners in the events included Zach Hibler in bareback riding, Lindsey Muggli in barrel racing, Ashley Goforth in breakaway roping, Leanardo Lima in bull riding, Cody McCartney in calf roping, Thomas Moellering in ranch bronc riding, Wacey Hathcock in saddle bronc riding, Renato Finazzi in steer wrestling, Rowdy Jones and Rance Doyal in team roping.
To see full results and more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The regional tennis tournaments were late last week in North Richland Hills and a doubles team is moving on to state.
The Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament and will return to state for the second straight year.
The pair rolled through teams from Morgan, Dodd City, Priddy before beating a Graford team in the finals. The pair did not lose a set and only lost five of the 53 games it played, never losing more than one in a set.
The team made it to state last year after finishing second at regionals and won a match at the state meet against a team from Vernon Northside. They then lost to the eventual state champion team from Utopia and finished tied for third place.
They will be the only tennis players from Montague County playing at state this week as others did not have as successful regional tournament.
The Saint Jo teammates and fellow girl’s doubles team Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson won their first match against Ector 6-1, 6-4, but fell in their next match against Lometa, 6-1, 6-1.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter was competing in boy’s singles. His first match was a draining two and half hour battle against a player from Strawn Carpenter came through in the three-set battle, winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Unfortunately, the magic was not there in the second game. Paired against the eventual tournament champion from Gustine, Carpenter lost 6-0, 6-1.
From Gold-Burg, Alyson Rojas and Jimena Garcia competed in girl’s singles. Rojas won her first match against a girl from Avinger 7-6, 6-2. Unfortunately, the next match she lost to a girl from Graford 6-0, 6-0 to end her tournament.
Garcia lost a tough first match against a player from Ector. Both sets could have gone either way with the scores being 6-4, 7-5 to the winner.
The mixed doubles team from Forestburg, Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros, also did not make it through.
From Nocona, Kaygan Stone was playing in the girl’s singles 2A region II tournament.
Unfortunately, she got paired against the player who would go on to win the tournament in the first round to end her season.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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