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Page 6, Thursday, August 26, 2010, The Nocona News
SPORTS
Third place
all to Eagles, down 'Cats
Big target . . .
GRAHAM - The Lady
Indians captured third place
in the Small School Division
of the Lu Allen Memorial
Volleyball Tournament last
weekend. But the disap-
pointing news was losing a
match to the Lady Eagles of
Holliday in the process.
Nocona defeated
Poolville 25-17, 25-17 in
pool play.
They then rolled over the
Graham junior varsity 25-4,
25-14, Archer City 25-12,
25-12 and split with Caddo
Mills 11-28, 25-21 to win
their pool.
In the championship
bracket semi-finals on
Saturday Holliday worked
over Nocona 25-9, 25-22.
But the Indians rebound-
ed by defeating another dis-
trict nemesis, Henrietta, 25-
20, 25-23 for third place.
Against Archer City
Haylee Diehl led the Indians
with 7 kills. Dayna Young
and Allie Hackley knocked
down 4 each, Alicia Walker
3, Michaela Coonce, Kealy
Walker, Brittan Mitchell 1
each.
Young and Hackley
served up aces and Nocona
had no serving errors. Diehl
handed out 4 assists Coonce
5.
Stewart and Alicia
Walker had blocks.
In the match with
Holliday, Hackley had 5
kills, Young 4 and Diehl 3.
Hackley had Nocona's only
block while Rachel Stewart
had the only ace. Coonce
handed out 3 assists and
Diehl 2.
Caddo Mills could not
decide which girl to block as
Young had 6 kills and
Hackley 5 while Diehl and
Kealy Walker chipped in 2
each and Mitchell 1. Diehl
and Mitchell each had blocks
while young had the team's
only ace.
Coonce handed out 8
assists, Diehl 5 and Stewart
1.
Hackley ate up the
Henrietta defense with 10
kills and a block. Diehl
knocked down 5; Kealy
Walker 3; Coonce, Reagan
Barrett and Young 2 each
and Alicia Walker L
Coonce triggered the
offense with 11 assists,
Diehl 5, Kealy Walker 3 and
Barrett 1. Alicia Walker and
Hackley each had aces.
Indian* find paydirt
against Dragons
By Tracy R. Mesler
The Nocona Indians
found their offensive mojo
Thursday evening, despite
the 100 degree heat.
Meanwhile the defense bent
but did not break downing
the Chico Dragons three
scores to none in the final
controlled scrimmage of the
pre-season.
"I thought we played a lot
better than we did the first
week," said Head Coach
Brad Keck. "We fixed a lot
of mistakes. Still had mis-
takes, but not as many.
"Obviously the level of
competition was the same. I
try to look at whether we're
doing things right or wrong.
I thought we did a lot of
things the right way but still
making some mistakes," he
observed.
The tribe got on the score-
board on their first posses-
sion. The Indians drove the
ball down field with sopho-
more QB Hayden Hill scored
on a five yard counter play.
Hill later exhibited his
arm as he faked a sweep to
the left, stepped up towards
the line and flicked the ball
25 yards downfield to T.J.
Cooley who never broke
stride hauling the ball in for
the 45 yard score.
Nocona's final score
came on a drive that ended
with Phillip Kirkendall scor-
ing from the 1.
Hill had several comple-
tions to tight end Justin
Killen including a pair of
"how'd he get that" catches
— one snatching the ball
away from the free safety,
turning an apparent intercep-
tion into a 20 yard gain.
"We're about as healthy
as we can be," Keck said.
"Even JV-wise. That's rare
to come out of two-a-days
without any injuries. We're
about the best we can be."
Defensively the Indians
gave up some quick gains to
the Dragons for some first
downs, and one big play of
almost 40 yards.
"First downs — some
times that was our mistakes.
We had those mistakes with
Windthorst too," Keck
observed.
On the one long run, "The
li nebacker m isplayed it. If he
had read it correctly he
would have stayed at home
and been waiting for (the
running back)," the head
coach recounted. "Most of
the time he played it right.
That one play he didn't."
Keck was pleased with
the progress his young team
made from the first scrim-
mage to the second.
— Photo by Tracy Mesler
Justin Killen makes a big, strong target for Nocona's
quarterbacks — one defenders will have to learn to deal
with.
ouble tribal victories
rosli win tourney
The Nocona Freshmen
won their own tournament
Aug. 14.
Nocona Orange defeated
Perrin 25-9, 25-8 in the first
round then defeated cross-
county rival Bowie in a very
close match 25-17, 30-28.
Nocona's two teams met
in the semi-final with the
Orange defeating the Black
25-15,25-15.
District rival Henrietta
fell in the tournament finals
25-13, 25-17 as Nocona cap-
tured the trophy and the gold
medals.
Henrietta had defeated
Brock, Decatur and Pilot
Point to make it to the finals.
Bowie and Pilot Point
squared off in the third place
game while Petrolia, losers
to Bowie, advanced to the
consolation finals where
they faced Lindsay, which
lost to pilot Point in the first
round.
The Nocona JV defeated
Petrolia in the first round but
was eliminated from the
tournament by Callisburg
which in turn lost to Decatur
which went on to defeat Pilot
Point for the JV title.
Callisburg captured third
place and Henrietta was the
- See JV Page 7
AUBREY - After barely squeezing out a
25-23 win in the first set of their match with
S&S Consolidated last Tuesday at Aubrey,
the Lady Indians went on a roll and swept
both the Lady Rams and the host Aubrey
Chaparrals in straight sets to pull their season
record to one game under .500 at 3-4.
The tribe downed the Rams 25-23, 25-10,
25-13.
Haylee Diehl led the team with 10 kills
while Dayna Young tossed in 7, Alicia
Walker 3 and Allie Hackley 5 and Reagan
Barrett 1.
Diehl also led the squad with 4 blocks
while Brittan Mitchell had 2 and Young and
Hackley 1 each.
Michaela Coonce handed out 6 assists in
the contest.
Hackley kept the Rams unsettled with 10
aces in the contest while Walker served up 3,
Diehl and Rachel Stewart 1 each.
Like Nocona, Aubrey, state semi-finals
last year, graduated a large portion of their
team.
But Nocona held no sympathy pounding
their way to a 25-20, 25-17, 25-15 straight
set victory.
Diehl again led the team with 10 kills.
Walker and Hackley had 6 each; Young 3,
Barrett 2 and Mitchell 1.
Young had a pair of aces while Diehl and
Coonce served up one each.
Diehl handed out 6 assists and Coonce 4.
Defensively Stewart led the team with 5
digs while Walker, Young and Coonce had 3
each; Diehl 2 and Barrett 1.
Tiger
preview
Season opener
for both squads
TIME CHANGE —
Kickoff time for Friday's
season opener against the
Whitewright Tigers has been
changed.
Head Coach Brad Keck
said the kickoff will be at 8
p.m., not 7:30 as stated on
the schedules.
DIRECTIONS - Take
U.S. Hwy. 82 to Bells, east
of Sherman. Turn south on
US Hwy. 69 to Whitewright.
Turn left on S. Bond Street,
then left on Echols Street and
drive to the stadium.
SCOUTING REPORT -
- The Tigers went 2-8 in
2009 breaking a 20 year tra-
dition of being a playoff con-
tender and participant. The
Tigers are hoping to
rebound, but they are fore-
cast to finish fifth in District
5-2A D-2 behind Gunter,
Leonard, Bells and Tom
Bean according to "The Old
Coach" and is picked fourth
in front of Tom Bean accord-
ing to "Texas Football"
Jodie Stringer returns to
the school where he started
the playoff run.
"Their skill kids are very
good," said Indian Head
Coach Brad Keck. "They
may not be the best team
we'll see this year, but these
may be some of the best kids
we face all year."
"The quarterback is listed
at 6 foot 4 and 210, but I
think he's a little heavier
than that," Keck said of
Tyrone Swoopes - nephew
to Texas Tech and WNBA
star Cheryl Swoopes. "He's
already getting some (col-
lege) looks in basketball.
He's that good of an athlete."
Wide receiver Hamilton
Luper (6-3, 200, 4.7) and
running back Kelby Dodson
give the Tigers balance in
terms of offensive weapons.
"Obviously we've got to
contain the speed a little bit,"
Keck said. "If we screw up
they're going to score from
wherever they are on the
field."
The play of
Whitewright's line will be
crucial. They are young and
inexperienced.
"One of the big things we
need to do is get first downs
and score at the end of the
first downs and keep them
off the field," the Indian
coach stressed. "Time of
possession will be crucial."
'ensive pressure
Texas Girls
Coaches Association
State Volleyball Poll
August 24
Class 2A
1. Poth
2. White Oak
3. JewettLeon
4. Rogers
5. Woodville
6. Peaster
7. Centerville
8. Bushland
9. Denver City
10. Franklin
The Nocona coaching staff pays close attention to the defensive effort
that sees Chico's quarterback go down in the arms of an Indian defend-
er Friday night as the two teams scrimmaged at Jack Crain Stadium.
The defense held the Dragons in check winning three scores to none.
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Mesler, Tracy R. & Mesler, Linda L. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 2010, newspaper, August 26, 2010; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth439459/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.