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Girls Basketball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians finished second at their hosted tournament last week.
The Lady Indians went 5-1, only losing the championship match at the Tres Niños Shootout.
Nocona first took down Throckmorton easily 75-12. Meg Meekins led the team with 27 points while Jolie Rose, Aubree Kleinhans and Jasmine Olivares each scored nine points.
The Lady Indians then beat Holliday 57-45. Meekins scored 28 points while Reagan Phipps, Ayden Patton and Rose each scored six points.
Nocona started day two beating Bellevue 91-26. Meekins scored 23 points, Phipps scored 15 points, Kaygan Stone scored 11 points and Patton scored 10.
Next the Lady Indians beat down Azle’s JV team 72-11. Meekins scored 14 points, Kleinhans scored 13 and Phipps 11 to lead the team.
On Saturday, Nocona was able to beat Decatur’s JV team 52-33 to move on to the championship game. Meekins scored 27 points and Olivares was second with 10 points.
The Lady Indians met Arygle’s JV team. Nocona led at halftime, but struggled in the second half. This allowed the Lady Eagles to pull ahead and win 48-43. Meekins and Phipps each scored eight points to lead the team.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers competed in their second tournament of the season at Chico last week.
The Lady Panthers went 3-1 over the three days as they competed.
Saint Jo first played Olney and won big 61-29. Taylor Patrick led the team with 18 points, Payzlie Cervantes was second with 15 and Krista Reeves scored 10 points. Kamron Skidmore had a team high eight rebounds.
The Lady Panthers second game was their only loss in the tournament and it was a close one. Quinlan Boles won by one point 47-46. Cervantes led the team with 16 points and seven assists. Aubrey Morman and Reeves were second with seven points each. Reeves and Patrick both grabbed eight rebounds.
Saint Jo got back on track on Friday by beating Victory Christian Academy 50-36. Jordyn O’Neal led the team with 12 points and Cervantes was second with nine points. Skidmore grabbed a team high 12 rebounds and Patrick handed out a team high six assists.
The Lady Panthers final game was another one-sided win, this time against Valley View 68-38. Cervantes led the team with 24 points and O’Neal was second with 16 points. Patrick grabbed 14 rebounds and had five assists to lead the team.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns had a tough tournament at Chico, playing some bigger schools that they struggled against.
The Lady Horns went 1-3 overall.
Forestburg lost to Harrold 56-41, against Quinlan Boles 50-22 and Victory Christian 39-16. The Lady Horns did beat Valley View 39-34.
Forestburg had two all-tournament selections with Jocelyn Rich and Braylee Briles being named to the team.
Missing Scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from Bellevue’s games at the Tres Niños Shootout from the coaches. Prairie Valley did not play in a tournament.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News. For pictures from the Nocona versus Bellevue game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870982&T=1
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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