SPORTS
SPORTS IN BRIEF: Henderson joins up with Kings
Former Bowie High School basketball player Marshall Henderson has been invited to training camp with the Sacramento Kings.
The invitation was first reported by the Yahoo! Sports website and from other sources.
Henderson played his freshman year at Bowie before moving on to three seasons at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst.
Most recently, Henderson played for a team based in Iraq called Nift-Al Janoub.
Henderson played in college at Ole Miss, averaging a whopping 12.6 3-point attempts per game during his junior year.
Henderson had a checkered past which featured maturity issues and problems with drugs, but this make-good contract gives him his chance to play in the National Basketball Association.
Saint Jo sets cross country schedule
The Saint Jo High School cross country team will open the season at the Duncan Invitational in Oklahoma on Sept. 5.
Saint Jo’s home meet, set for Willa Walla Shooting Range, is set for Sept. 26.
Saint Jo also will participate in meets at Decatur, Grand Prairie, Denison and Ponder.
The District 1A-21 meet is set for Bowie on Oct. 14, with the regional meet in Grand Prairie at Joe Pool Lake.
The University Interscholastic League state meet is set for Nov. 7 at Old Settlers’ Park in Round Rock. The Panthers and Lady Panthers will run in the early afternoon.
Kyle Sivadon is the first-year coach for both the boys’ and girls’ squads.
Bowie Boosters will meet Monday
The Bowie Athletic Booster Club will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday in the high school “Commons” area.
During last Monday’s meeting there was discussion individual game programs will be for sale for each home game.
The boosters didn’t make any purchases at the gathering.
Coaches will provide reports, and may make requests. Committee reports will be heard. There also will be discussions on Homecoming, the start of the football season and Hall of Honor inductees.
For information about joining the Bowie Booster Club, call Craig Stallcup at 1-817-821-1215.
Bass Club also meets Monday
The Bowie Bass Club will have a meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday at Edwards Collision Center on Wise Street.
The team will meet to discuss the season ahead, and fill out paperwork for the first two tournaments.
To join the Bowie Bass Club, call Trent Gillaspia at 531-0050.
Former Bowie High School basketball player Marshall Henderson has been invited to training camp with the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings. (Courtesy photo by Spruce Derden)
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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