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HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Five qualify for next round in Conference 1A
Five area athletes have advanced to the Conference 1A regional tennis meet set for next week.
The 1A regional tennis meet is set for April 20-21 at Tarleton State University in Stephenville.
The top two individuals and teams qualified in every bracket.
Saint Jo’s Sarah Patrick won the girls’ singles division with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Adina Zidermanis from Slidell at the District 1A-21 meet last week in Denton.
In the girls’ doubles division, no local teams advanced. In the third-place match, Haley Nolan and Hope Phipps topped Kaylee Choate and Virginia Cody in this battle of doubles teams from Forestburg.
John Grunseich and Broc Terry from Bellevue advanced all the way to the boys’ doubles finals, before falling to Slidell’s Khristian Talamantes and Tyler Maynard. Slidell won 6-3, 6-4.
Prairie Valley’s Robin Fenoglio and Matt Suarez won mixed doubles in a three-set match by scores of 6-2, 1-6, 6-0, defeating Slidell’s Jessy Goode and Mason Maynard.
Bellevue was third among boys’ teams with 15 points, and Prairie Valley fourth with 10. Saint Jo scored 15 points in girls, with Forestburg and Prairie Valley tied for second with 10 each.
In the junior varsity division, Molly Metcalf from Forestburg was second. Matthew Wallace won boys’ singles. Shelby Horton and Danielle Parr teamed up to win JV girls’ doubles.
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In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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