SPORTS

Area schools scrimmage

Published

12 years ago

08/19/2014

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net

Area high school football teams peeled back the curtains this past weekend, unveiling their squads with scrimmages.
Saint Jo squared off with Westlake Academy, a private school that plays in the Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship group, on Friday in Saint Jo.
Gold-Burg faced Wichita Falls private school Notre Dame and Nocona challenged Windthorst on a cloudy Saturday morning.
“I thought we did some good things,” Nocona head coach Brad Keck said. “The defense made mistakes. But, there was good effort and hustle all around.”
Forestburg, aside from Bowie, was the only other team to scrimmage on the road this past weekend. The Longhorns traveled two hours west to rural Vernon, taking on Northside and Paint Creek.
Nocona’s players are learning new positions and terminology under first-year defensive coordinator Jon Shaw.
“We’re doing some tweaking,” Keck said.
Kyle Sentell is one of Nocona’s players adjusting to a new position on defense, transferring from defensive end to safety. Read more from this story in the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.

Saint Jo’s Garrett Parker runs back an interception. Click on the photo itself for the complete image. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

SPORTS

Nocona, Saint Jo VB open district with wins

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7 days ago

10/01/2026

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Nocona and Saint Jo opened their respective district play with convincing road wins.

The Lady Indians needed four games but outlasted Archer City, 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 25-16). Paige Davis and Sy Parker each had 12 kills to pace Nocona with Davis adding 12 digs defensively. Maddyn Bowles led the way with 17 digs, 11 assists and served up three aces.

Setter Kasi Castro had 24 assists and 13 digs with Sophia Gaytan adding 12 assists and eight digs. Saint Jo went into Bellevue and posted a 25-15, 25-14, 25-22 sweep over the Lady Eagles.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

SPORTS

Bellevue VB wins at home over Midway

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7 days ago

10/01/2026

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After a tough loss to open District 10-A volleyball play, Bellevue’s squad used the two-day break to refocus its efforts. The break worked as the Lady Eagles evened its record at 1-1 with a 3-0 win over visiting Midway Sept. 24 (25-17, 25-22, 25-20).

Bellevue Coach Jamie Hickey said working on game scenarios in practice has begun to pay off. Keeping focus was key to the victory as well.

“I think our key tonight was our mindset and just staying together,” Hickey said. “Letting mistakes go and focusing on the next play. We’ve been working on scenarios in practice and being intentional with each possession and attacking the ball more. I think we did tonight.” The Falcons played gutsy all night long, staying in each game after Bellevue had taken a good lead but the Lady Eagles, playing before a large crowd, held their own.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

SPORTS

Lady ‘Horns sweep past Gold-Burg

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7 days ago

10/01/2026

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Forestburg opened District 10-A action with a road win at Gold-Burg Sept. 22, beating the Lady Bears in a three-game sweep (25-8, 25-9, 25-6.)

Forestburg’s Madi Wadsworth started game one with a five-point run, including two aces. Brenna Briles kept the drive alive with a kill. Gold-Burg broke serve and Zara Andrade’s serving point cut the deficit to three.

Yareli Aguirre cut the lead to 5-7 with another single point. Jocelyn Rich later countered for Forestburg with another five-point string to extend the lead to 13-5Back-to-back aces by Rich forced Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh into a timeout.

Sophomore Addy Conway rolled off four aces amidst a six-point run for the Lady ‘Horns to give the squad a 20-6 lead. Jocelyn Rich’s kill kept things moving along for Forestburg.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.