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Lady Indians lose to Peaster 52-48

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The Nocona Lady Indians season came to an end against Peaster for the second time in a row on Tuesday night.
The Lady Greyhounds were just able to make enough plays at the end to win 52-48 against the Lady Indians.
Nocona was not only trying to beat Peaster this time around after they ended its season last year, but the Lady Indians also were trying to break through its curse of losing in the regional quarterfinals the previous three years.
Nocona’ knew it would have to focus its defense on the Lady Greyhounds best players Brooklyn Bosher and Payton Hull.
After starting the previous game in a hole, the Lady Indians found themselves in one again in the first quarter. Peaster made four 3-pointers off of catch and shoot situations, taking advantage of the Lady Indians pre-rotating an extra defender in the lane to help against Hull and Bosher.
At one point, Nocona was down 9-0, but did a good job scoring the rest of the way. The Lady Indians made three 3-pointers of their own and did a good job of drawing fouls.
Peaster’s lead was down to 19-14 heading into the second quarter.
Nocona kept things going in the second quarter. The team did a better job of contesting 3-pointers from the Lady Greyhounds role players and helping on Hull and Bosher.
The Lady Indians also got the benefit of drawing more fouls and getting to the free throw line. Skyler Smith made two more 3-pointers and scored seven points in the quarter.
Every time Nocona got close to tying the score or taking the lead, Peaster had an answer. The score was close with the Lady Greyhounds leading 28-26 at halftime.
Peaster got back its momentum early in the third quarter. Some transition opportunities thanks to turnovers as well as Hull getting hot allowed the Lady Greyhounds to build their lead back up and keep it for most of the quarter.
One action in particular got Hull shooting over the rotating Nocona defender several times as she scored eight points in the quarter.
The Lady Indians offense was not able to make up the difference, but got enough scoring from their three starting seniors Raylee Sparkman, Stephany Gutierrez and Karlee Brown to stay within striking distance.
Peaster led 43-37 heading into the fourth quarter.
Nocona’s defense turned up the intensity in the fourth quarter as the pace slowed down overall. Halfway through the quarter, the Lady Indians got a good opportunity to make up the six-point deficit.
After drawing free throw attempts, a frustrated Peaster player drew a technical foul. This would give Nocona four free throw attempts and the ball. Also at this time, the Lady Greyhounds pulled Hull out with four fouls, not wanting her to get her fifth and final foul.
Unfortunately, Nocona was only able to make one of its four free throw attempts, but Megyn Meekins a minute later made a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 45-43 with 3:10 left to play.
Following a defensive stop and push in transition, Brown made a layup to tie the game 45-45. Peaster responded by posting up Bosher and she made a basket while also getting fouled. She made her free throw to put the Lady Greyhounds back up 48-45, with 2:11 left to play and with Hull getting subbed back in.
Nocona immediately responded with Meekins scoring on a floater in the lane to cut the lead to 48-47. Following a stop, Smith was fouled rebounding the ball and went to the free throw line. She made one of two to tie the game at 48-48 with 1:09 left to play.
Peaster then went to Hull who scored on a postup to make the score 50-48 with 32 seconds left.
After a time out to draw up a play, Nocona had a good attempt at a layup at the rim. It missed and the ball bounced into a scrum of bodies from both sides. Bosher came away with it, but the ball was ripped free from her hands and bounced towards Hull. A diving Lady Indian player went into Hull and was called a foul.
With 10.8 seconds left in the game, Hull stepped up to the line and made both free throws to make it a two score game. Nocona quickly tried to get a shot up, but just could not get a clean look as time ran out.
The Lady Greyhounds won 52-48.

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Two teams compete at state tourney

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Colt Henry, Lane Smith, Cooper Johnson and Corbyn Patton competed at the state high school bass tournament at Lake Conroe. (Courtesy photo)

The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.

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15 athletes playing in Oil Bowl

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The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.

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Hill upgraded to Nocona AD

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New Nocona Athletic Director Jeff Hill along with his wife Amy and their kids Kason, Camden and Kinsley. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”

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