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)
For the second year, Montague County All-Stars hosted its annual Fall Games at Saint Jo High School Oct. 21.
Representatives from nearly every county elementary and high school took part in the day-long event. Students with assorted disabilities learned how to play basketball in the morning and volleyball in the afternoon.
Helping teach the finer points of both games were players and coaches from all the area high schools. Individual skills such as passing, dribbling, and shooting were taught in one of the school’s gyms before athletes were broken up into teams and played timed games in the other gym.
Some of the younger athletes had issues with the ball dribbling and got hit in the nose. Eventually they all got the hang of it, one even getting a basket.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team had a tough first set against visiting Olney Oct. 16 but then turned things around in the final two games and cruised to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14) win.
The Lady Indians are now 4-2 in district with one match to go in the regular season Oct. 23 in Petrolia.
Kasi Castro opened the match with a Nocona ace. Paige Davis later followed with a kill to break serve and a single point for a 3-1 lead.
Kills by Sy Parker and Raylea Bowles helped keep Olney down. Leah Meekins’ single point put Nocona up 6-3. Castro’s five-point streak extended the lead to 13-7 with kills from Presley Weber and Parker keeping the drive alive.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
To close out the District 10-A season, Forestburg’s volleyball team traveled to Bellevue and posted a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) over the host Lady Eagles.
Forestburg tied for first place with Saint Jo and broke the deadlock Oct. 26 (see story, same section).
Brooklyn Shook’s ace put Bellevue up 1-0 in game one. Forestburg’s Lacie Shotwell’s three-point run later put the visitors up 5-2, Brenna Brailes extended the Lady ‘Horn lead to 7-3.
Single points by Landry Fluitt and Brylie Hager cut the lead to 7-8. Forestburg’s Addy Conway rolled off five straight points to extend the lead to 14-7. Mattie Broussard of Bellevue later cut the deficit to 11-14 with a three-point string. points from Madi Wadsworth and Presley Brown put Forestburg up 18-12.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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