SPORTS
IN BRIEF: Saint Jo Junior High defeats Forestburg
The Saint Jo Junior High School football team defeated Forestburg 55-13 on Oct. 2.
Preston Lyons and Blake Anderson were the standouts on offense while Chris Diaz was the defensive standout, leading the Panthers in tackles.
Saint Jo played Denton Calvary Friday.
Club volleyball tryouts coming
The Texas Pistols Club, part of Fit-N-Wise Sports, will have volleyball club tryouts coming up.
Tryouts for girls ages 11-12 will take place noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 1-2. Girls 13 years old will have tryouts from 2-5 p.m. on Nov. 9. Tryouts for girls ages 14-16 are set for noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 15-16.
This is primarily a two-day tryout process, which will take place at the Decatur Multi-Purpose Building.
Interested girls must arrive 30 minutes prior to tryout time for the registration process.
Girls must have a USA Volleyball card to try out, plus a USA Volleyball medical release form, a copy of your daughter’s birth certificate and bring a standard volleyball.
There is a $25 tryout fee covering both nights.
For information, look at the Texas Pistols Facebook page and/or call Susan Robertson at 1-940-577-4717.
Cancer awareness T-shirts available from Saint Jo Boosters
The Saint Jo Independent School District is offering breast cancer awareness T-shirts.
The shirts say, “Teaming Up to Fight Cancer” and “Saint Jo Panthers” with football, volleyball and basketball represented as well as the logo.
The shirt costs $12.
T-shirts are available in several sizes: Youth small, youth medium and youth large, adult small, adult medium, adult large, adult extra large, 2XL and 3XL.
Bring shirt payments to either the elementary school or high school office. Make checks payable to the Saint Jo Booster Club.
For information, call 940-995-2541.
Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.
Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.
“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”
Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.
In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.
Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.
In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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