SPORTS
Nocona girls start season with a win
The Nocona Lady Indians opened their season on Saturday with a home win against Burkburnett.
The Lady Indians won 59-50 against the Lady Bulldogs in a close game throughout.
The first quarter was low scoring as Nocona led 11-5. Both teams scored at a better pace in the second quarter as Burkburnett came back to cut the lead to 23-22 at halftime thanks to making three 3-pointers.
The Lady Indians were able to keep their lead by playing better offense in the second half. Nocona made three 3-pointers in the third quarter to up its lead to 40-35.
In the fourth quarter the Lady Indians had five different players make at least one basket including Megyn Meekins, who scored nine of her game high 22 points.
The team scored a game high 19 points in the final quarter to hold off the Lady Bulldogs as Nocona won 59-50.
Besides the freshman Meekins, Skyler Smith and Stephanie Gutierrez both finished in double-figures scoring 10 points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Prairie Valley hosted its high school awards banquet on May 9. The O.C. Mann Award went to Josh Stout and Linzie Priddy.
To see more award pictures, both sports and academic, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Gold-Burg High School hosted its awards banquet on May 22. The Gold-Burg Iron Bear Awards went to Eli Freeland-White for boy athlete and Hallie Nelson for girl athlete.
To see more sport awards from the banquet, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News. For pictures from the full high school banquet, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6875234&T=1
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