SPORTS
VOLLEYBALL: TGIF league sets course for 16th year
The TGIF Volleyball League is underway as of Thursday night, and plenty of area teams are descending on Bowie for matches.
Here are teams participating.
Varsity division: Bowie No. 1, Bowie No. 2, Burkburnett, Forestburg, Graham, Henrietta, Iowa Park, Jacksboro, Nocona, Wichita Falls Rider No. 1, Wichita Falls Rider No. 2, Saint Jo, Wichita Falls Old High JV, Wichita Falls Old High and Windthorst.
Junior varsity division: Bowie ninth grade (Bre Jones), Bridgeport, Gold-Burg, Henrietta No. 1, Henrietta No. 2, Jacksboro No. 1, Jacksboro No. 2, Nocona No. 1, Nocona No. 2 and Prairie Valley.
Junior high division: Bowie seventh grade (Miranda Wolsey), Bowie eighth grade (Bre Jones), Graham seventh grade, Graham eighth grade, Henrietta, Iowa Park, Montague, Prairie Valley, Saint Jo and Windthorst.
Future play dates will be May 1, May 8, May 15 and May 22. Start times are 4:30 p.m. for the junior high and junior varsity divisions, and 5 p.m. for the high school division.
The junior high matches will be played at 501 East Tarrant, the junior varsity division at the Bowie Intermediate School at 800 North Mill and the varsity division at the high school located at 341 United States Highway 287 North Access.
Matches will be 25 minutes in length, and teams will switch sides at the 12-minute, 30-second mark.
Officials will keep time, score and lines, and their decisions will be final. There will be a five-minute warm-up. A 20-point mercy rule will be enacted in all divisions. Teams must win by one point in case sudden death arises.
This marks the 16th year for the league.
Karsen Morgan (left) and Madison Little will represent Bowie in the TGIF league, which began play on Thursday. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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