Ladies fall in 5 in bi-district
By Tracy R. Mesler CHICO – At the end it was too many unforced errors that eliminated the 32-10 Nocona Lady Indians from the state play-offs Tuesday night as they fell in five sets to Peaster 17-25, 25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 9-15. For the tribe’s four seniors, outside hitter Ella Nunneley (21 kills, 2 blocks), setter…
Read MoreLonnie Sidwell
Lonnie Sidwell GAINESVILLE — Funeral services for Lonnie Dell Sidwell, 84, of Woodbine, are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2019, at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Rosston Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. Mr.…
Read MoreBreeanna Cole
Breeanna Cole Breeanna Elaine Cole, 15, died at her home on Oct. 28, 2019. She was born on Jan. 20, 2004, in Clovis, Calif., to Tobias Cole & Wendy Glenn Mosebach. She was well thought of and adored at Nocona High School where she was a student and a member of the band. She was…
Read MoreBeth Gambill
Beth Gambill OLNEY — Elizabeth Lynn “Beth” Gambill, 67, of Olney, passed away Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, in Olney. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 5, at the First Presbyterian Church of Bowie, with Rev. Joan Gaines officiating. Burial will follow at Nocona Cemetery in Nocona. Family received friends from…
Read MoreJanis Bicsak
Jan Bicsak Janis Bicsak, 66, died on Oct. 28, 2019, at her home in Nocona. She was born on March 18, 1953, in Gainesville to William “Bill” & Ruth Robinson Thomas. Jan worked as a teacher for 30+ years at Nocona and Bellevue. She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church and was a…
Read MoreVeterans Day event set for Montague
MONTAGUE – The Montague County Veterans Service Office will sponsor a special Veterans Day program on Monday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. in the Montague County Courthouse Annex. All veterans, their spouses and their families are invited to attend and be recognized for their great service to this nation.
Read MoreEagles latest to fall to Lady Indians
Despite all the emotion of “Senior Night,” the Lady Indians methodically took down a solid Holliday Lady Eagles squad Tuesday securing a strangle-hold on second place in the District 8-3A conflict. “I was nervous going into the game because we had been upset in the at Holliday in the first round,” Coach Tiffany Clay commented…
Read MoreLadies sweep Bobcats
CHILDRESS – The Lady Indians locked up second place in District 8-3A Saturday with a solid, methodical win over the Lady Bobcats of Childress 25-13, 25-10, 25-19. Read more in this week’s edition of The Nocona News.
Read MoreThird meeting for Lady Indians-Lady Hounds
For the third year in succession the Nocona Lady Indians and the Peaster Lady Greyhounds will meet in the first round of the Class 3-A playoffs as for the third year in a row Nocona has finished second in District 8-3A, behind Bowie, while Peaster is third in District 7-3A behind #5 Brock (12-1 in…
Read MoreTwo shot clinics set
There will be two shot clinics held in Montague County in November by the Texas Department of State Health Services as parents get their children ready for the start of the school year. The first will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7. 1at at the Freedom Life Church, 204 Theatre Road, in Bowie from 10-11:30…
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