SPORTS
AREA VOLLEYBALL: Montague opens with win
In the opener for both schools, the Montague Junior High volleyball team defeated Prairie Valley 25-13, 25-6.
Montague head coach Angela Kleinhans reported there are 13 girls out for volleyball this season.
Kleinhans said the team starts two eighth graders, three seventh graders and one sixth grader.
Serving was the key to victory for the Lady Eagles over the Lady Bulldogs.
Gabby Valdez served up an eye-popping 14 aces while Mikey Jordan had nine aces, Trystin Fenoglio, Taygon Jones four and Destinee Kittrell two.
Fenoglio also dished off five assists and Jones had two.
Hope Howard pounded down four kills to pace the Eagle offense. Jackie Hanna also contributed to the win.
What’s Ahead?
Montague plays its first road game of the season on Monday at Saint Jo.
Forestburg splits with Notre Dame, Electra on road
The Forestburg High School volleyball team split with homestanding Notre Dame and Electra in Wichita Falls on Tuesday.
The Lady Horns topped Electra 25-14, 25-16 while Notre Dame won that match 25-21, 25-5.
Forestburg’s record runs to 8-8.
Kaylee Choate distributed 10 assists and served up three aces in the pair of matches.
Hope Phipps’ serving was spot on with nice aces while Cheyenne Karr chipped in with seven aces of her own.
Alexia Britain put down seven kills and had two solo ace blocks. Haley Nolan and Phipps chipped in with six kills apiece.
What’s Ahead?
Forestburg will play again at home on Sept. 1 versus Bryson, followed by a Sept. 4 home match against Graford. Both will start at 5 p.m.
Montague Junior High volleyball opened the 2015 season with a straight-set victory over Prairie Valley by scores of 25-13, 25-6. (Courtesy photo from the Montague Independent School District)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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