SPORTS
Lady Indians take over first place in district
The Nocona Lady Indians won a crucial game at home on Friday night against Holliday.
The Lady Indians won a battle between the district’s only unbeaten teams 57-43 to take sole possession of the first place in the standings.
Nocona came into the game following a tough win against rival Bowie in the game before to pick up its 18th straight win. The Lady Eagles had won 14 of their last 15 games while beating every district opponent by double-digits.
Both teams started the game coming out firing. They were knocking down shots and playing great offense on both sides.
Holliday came out making three 3-pointers and using their size inside to battle hard on the glass. Nocona made four 3-pointers while using their pace to run in transition and drive to the basket when the defense closed out too hard.
The Lady Indians led 21-19 after a furious first quarter, but the game would slow down over the next three quarters.
Nocona tightened things up as the pace went down. The Lady Eagles were able to draw fouls during the second quarter, but made only one of their eight attempts. Combined with only one field goal made and the Lady Indians held Holliday to just three points in the quarter.
The Lady Eagles also were dealt a blow as one their key players Katy Jo Piper went down with a leg injury during the quarter.
Nocona was still scoring at a good pace which allowed it to build up a double-digit lead 36-22 at halftime.
Holliday came out in the third quarter and played better than Nocona. Fortunately for the Lady Indians, the Lady Eagles continued to struggle at the free throw line, making going 1-8 again.
At several points Holliday closed the lead to 10 points, but just could not break through despite outscoring Nocona during the quarter. The Lady Indians were still in control 44-31 heading into the fourth quarter.
Holliday hung around with the lead cut to 10 points again for most of the quarter as the team tried to use its physicality to force turnovers from a Nocona team trying to run clock the last four minutes of the game.
The Lady Indians held their ground and drew fouls and unlike Holliday made their free throws down the stretch going 8-11.
Nocona won with little drama at the end 57-43.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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