SPORTS
SPORTS IN BRIEF: Turkey Fest set for April 8-12
The Clay County Turkey Fest is set for April 8-12 in Henrietta.
The five-day celebration will feature the “Battle of the Beards,” bringing in a turkey harvested dates to be scored under National Wild Turkey Federation standards.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department personnel will be hand to oversee the operation.
The adult entry fee is $25 and $15 for youth.
There also will be the Full Strut banquet.
Admission to the festival itself is free, and downtown Henrietta’s court square serves as the main staging area.
The event is held in conjunction with the spring turkey hunting season.
For information, log onto the Clay County Chamber of Commerce website at: hccchamber.org/turkey-fest.
News seeks basketball statistics
The Bowie News is proud to announce the newspaper will be releasing its own all-star boys’ and girls’ basketball teams during the month of April.
Coaches from our coverage area – Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo, Forestburg, Gold-Burg, Bellevue and Prairie Valley – are asked to provide season-ending statistics.
Coaches, send season-ending statistics to the Bowie News at the following email address: bnewssports@gmail.com.
For information, call sports editor Eric Viccaro at 940-872-2247.
Little Dribblers tourney set for Nocona from April 8-11
The Little Dribblers Continental Division Nationals will be taking place from April 8-11 using six gymnasiums in both Nocona and Saint Jo.
The following gymnasiums will be in use: Nocona High School, Nocona Middle School, Nocona Elementary School, First Baptist Church and the main and auxiliary gymnasiums at Saint Jo.
The Continental Little Dribblers are Class 2A Division II and below, said Lance Meekins from Nocona Little Dribblers.
“There will be between 140 and 150 total games,” Meekins said, “and between 75 and 85 Little Dribbler teams.”
The event will feature the following divisions of play: Junior boys and girls (10-and-under), major boys and girls (12-and-under) and senior boys and girls (14-and-under).
Teams will check in at 9:15 a.m. on April 8, with a coaches’ meeting to follow at 10:30 a.m.
The opening ceremony will be at 7:15 p.m. that night.
Admission will be $10 for an adult and $7 for senior citizens and children. Tournament passes also will be available for $25, but those will only be sold on April 7 and April 8.
Nocona Little Dribblers was named the volunteer organization of the year at Thursday’s Nocona Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Veranda Events Center.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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