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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…

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…

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.

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…

SADLER – It took just two plays for the Nocona Indians to establish the fact that while the weather conditions might demand a slog-it-out ground game, the tribe was determined to attack the S&S Rams through the air. On the game’s second play, as the Rams rightfully concentrated on senior wide out Jason Sparkman, senior…

The Lady Indians rebounded from a depressing loss to the Holliday Eagles Tuesday by throttling the Lady Bobcats of Childress in straight sets – while resting the team’s No. 2 hitter Ella Nunneley. Nocona steamrolled the Bobcats 25-16, 25-18, 25-19 allowing the Cats to score only 22 points on offense. Read more in this week’s…

Despite a critical injury late in the fourth set, the Nocona Lady Indians nearly pulled off the unbelievable Saturday at the Nocona Middle School Gym. The disparity in blocking at the net proved to be the difference as the Bowie Lady Rabbits survived a nearly three-hour marathon winning 25-20, 15-25, 25-22, 24-25, 18-16. Nocona, because…

The Nocona Indians did some ‘growing up’ Friday night and in the process responded to a dismal first quarter to scorch the Callisburg Wildcats 33-13. Two plays into the second quarter, Callisburg was leading 13-0; had 9 first downs to none for Nocona; and had rolled up 164 yards in total offense to a minus…

HOLLIDAY – The Lady Indians suffered their first loss in district play Saturday as the Holliday Lady Eagles spanked them 25-22, 26-24, 25-14 in a tough contest replete with complaints from the Indians stands about the officiating. “We did not show up and play our game,” coach Tiffany Clay bluntly assessed after the match. “We…

The Lady Indians had to overcome their own mistakes to rally from a six point deficit built in the first set before sweeping the Henrietta Lady Cats 27-25, 25-16, 25-14 to win their District 8-3A opener last Tuesday. Read more about this win in this week’s edition of The Nocona News.