Area Sports

Prairie Valley lost to Windthorst in 4 sets last week. “This was the first time ever we have been able to beat Windthorst in a set,” said coach Jeannie Carpenter. Read more in this week’s edition of The Nocona News.

As much and as hard as the Lady Bulldogs of Prairie Valley practiced against each other, it was not the same as game situations. And the rust from 10 days off with no competition due to a game cancellation and having their first of two district byes coming at the start of the district schedule…

VALLEY VIEW – Valley View’s defense and special teams teed the ball up for the Eagles’ offense Friday night as they totally dominated the Nocona Indians for more than three-quarters of play racing away to a 61-7 win. Head coach Rick Weaver, speaking to his team following the game, noted the Eagles “hit us in…

For two sets the Lady Indians made the Jacksboro Tigerettes look like a junior varsity squad steam rolling the visitors 25-13, 25-6 scoring from virtually every spot on the court. “The first two sets I was pleased with our unforced errors as we only allowed them to score 19 points total,” coach Tiffany Clay commented.…

By Tracy R. Mesler VENUS – In the longest regular season road trip in four decades, the Nocona Indians bulled, sprinted and smote their way past the Venus Bulldogs 40-20 Friday night to even their season record at 1-1. Read more about the win in next week’s edition of The Nocona News.

The Nocona Indians managed to squeeze past Class 2A powerhouse Lindsay Tuesday, but not without some struggles as the tribe still tries to smooth out its defensive assignments. A state finalist in 2018, Lindsay is working through a remolding year settling on a new rotation. Read more in this week’s edition of The Nocona News.

The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won the Goldburg Tournaemtn over the weekend defeating Graford 25-20, 25-15, host Goldburg 25-11, 25-23 and Perrin 25-14, 25-22. Lady Bulldog Emily Carpenter was named Tournament MVP while Shelby Roof and Veronica Guttieriez were named to the All-Tournament team. Read more in this week’s edition of The Nocona News.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Indian head coach Rick Weaver said Friday night after watching his Nocona Indians suffer through a 52-0 drubbing at the hands of the Boyd Yellowjackets. “We had good effort,” Weaver complimented, but break downs in communication, blown assignments and difficulties in executing the shotgun snap left the…

  The Lady Indians found themselves squaring off against a pair of state finalists, back-to-back without rest, as they advanced to the finals of the Gold Division of the 20th Annual Buckle Up for Lane Tournament. The Lady Indians report card on that monster non-district test? A respectable, but disappointing, 1 win and 1 loss.…

By Tracy R. Mesler While Nocona swept first in both the varsity and junior varsity boys’ divisions at the Nocona Cross Country Meet Thursday at Indian Oaks Golf Course, the JV crown came down to a head to head matchup between – the fifth-place runners. Runners from Bowie’s junior varsity may have gone first and…