Area Sports
NHS Rodeo team competes
Nocona High School Rodeo Team update on Week 3 and 4 Rodeos. The Nocona High School Rodeo Team has been racking up the points and staying highly competitive with the other rodeo teams that are participating in the North Texas High School Rodeo Association out of Saginaw. Read more about the team’s efforts in this…
Read MoreEagles remain unbeaten in football
SAINT JO — The Montague Eagles junior high football team traveled to Saint Jo for the second time this season to take on the Panthers. The Eagles were hoping to stay undefeated for the year and did just that, winning the game by a score of 42-6. Read more about this win in this week’s…
Read MoreBass Club competes at PK
The Red River High School Bass Club competed again Saturday, Oct. 5 at Possum Kingdom Lake. Six teams from the Red River Club competed with three teams bringing fish to the scales. This was another tough tournament for the youth as 208 teams competed at this tournament. Read more in this week’s edition of The Nocona…
Read MoreTurnovers, missed tackles plague tribe
HENRIETTA – “We’re not out of it. We’re not out of it,” Indian head coach Rick Weaver told his squad Friday night. “But you just made it a lot harder.” His comments came after the tribe dropped their best chance at the road to the state playoffs losing to the Henrietta Bearcats 33-7. “You can’t…
Read MoreLady Indians open district with straight set win
PV battle Lady Cats tough
The Prairie Valley lady Bulldogs fell to Class 2A Archer City last Tuesday 23-25, 24-26, 10-25. For district action, the University Interscholastic League has merged Class 1A (non-football or 6-man football sized schools) with Class 2A (smallest 12-man football sized schools) in the same districts then dividing out the top two finishers from each classification…
Read MoreLady Indians open district with sweep
With team leader Averee Kleinhans limited to defensive duties because of a bruised foot, the Lady Indians unleashed a variety of offensive weapons in blistering the City View Lady Mustangs 25-12, 20-10, 25-5 to open District 8-3A action Friday. Read more in this week’s edition of The Nocona News.
Read MoreNocona hosts youth football league
Jack Crain Stadium will a beehive of football Saturday as Nocona Youth Football hosts their league games. These are the only home games of the season for Nocona’s three youth league teams. Midget Division teams, first and second graders, will open the day with Chico facing Boyd at 9 a.m. followed by Nocona vs. Paradise.…
Read MoreTigers quickly take Indians
The Nocona Indians quickly found themselves in a deep hole Friday night, which is never where you want to be facing a perennial state contender such as the Gunter Tigers who in the past three years has won a state title, finished as state runner-up and then fell in the state semi-finals last year. And…
Read MoreNocona falls to state ranked 4A squad
McKenna Nobile digs up a Melissa attack. Playing a quality team, the Lady Indians’ aggressive service game proved to be their undoing Tuesday as the #21 (3A) Lady Indians fell to the #13 (4A) Melissa Lady Cardinals 20-25, 25-20, 26-28, 30-32. Each team had to press, both offensively and defensively, knowing the other was not…
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