Area Sports

GLEN ROSE – The Lady Indians played their second of two road contests at Glen Rose on Tuesday as they thrashed Class 4A Midlothian Heritage 52-39. “Again, undersized at every position, I loved how hard we battled in this game,” praised coach Kyle Spitzer after the contest. “Our shots were falling early, and our defense…

GLEN ROSE – The Lady Indians saw the host Glen Rose Lady rally to force overtime tripping the Indians 62-59 in overtime. “Overall, I thought we played well,” commented coach Kyle Spitzer following the match. “We shot the ball well. Our offense looked good. Our defense was solid. “We were undersized at every position, but…

WHITEWRIGHT – The Nocona Indians plowed past Whitewright Monday in preparation for the Thanksgiving holidays. The Nocona boys prevailed 43-33 behind the in the lane efforts of senior wing/post Jason Sparkman who lead all players with 12 points. While Sparkman was dominating the paint, senior guard Carter Horn provided a trey while sophomore guard Lyndon…

ALVORD – The Nocona Indians fell to the Alvord Bulldogs last Tuesday 39-34. Alvord broake ahead 11-3 in the first period as Nocona was never able to close the gap although they outscored the Dogs 31-28 in the final three quarters.

With only one day to practice after volleyball season ended on Friday, the Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs used a tight defense to win a low-scoring season opener last Tuesday 19-13 over the Chico Lady Dragons. “I was proud to get the win, even if it was an extremely low scoring game,” commented coach Jeannie Carpenter.…

ERA – The Lady Indians saw a 10-point lead going into the fourth quarter evaporate when Era’s Brianna Knabe poured in 17 of her 23 points in the fourth period to lead the Lady Hornets to a 50-45 upset of Nocona. Both teams entered the contest state ranked, , by the Texas Girls Coaches Association,…

The Nocona Lady Indians’ three-headed monster of senior guard Trystin Fenoglio, junior forward Averee Kleinhans and sophomore post Karlee Brown took a hit – to Brown’s ankle – early in the fourth period when Brown fell to the floor yelling in pain as her running layup attempt was sandwiched by a pair of Burkburnett Lady…

By Tracy R. Mesler Try as they might early in the third quarter Friday night the Nocona Indians could not shake the Paradise Panthersas the Indians’ lead kept fluctuating between 6 and 9 points. The tribe followed senior Jason Sparkman into a 16-6 first period advantage as the quick post/forward hit from mid-range. Meanwhile Carter…

ARCHER CITY – The Nocona Indians opened their 2019-20 campaign with a solid 56-45 win over the Archer City Wildcats Tuesday night. Sophomore guard Adam Meekins led the tribe with 14 points, nailing a trio of three-pointers in Nocona’s 20-point first period to seize control of the contest. Read more in this week’s edition of…

Averee Kleinhans District 8-3A MVP District 8-3A champion Bowie dominated the All-District honors while runner-up Nocona fared will in the post-season accolades. With Bowie’s straight set defeat at the hands of #4 Boyd last Tuesday, the district’s coaches released the selections. Nocona, Holliday and Henrietta all were defeated in the first round of the state…