SPORTS
SPORTS IN BRIEF: Geer golf tournament Oct. 10
The first-ever Minnie Lou Geer Memorial Scholarship Tournament is set for 9 a.m. on Oct. 10 at Twisted Oaks Golf Course.
Geer was a longtime educator for several school districts in Montague County, and the surrounding area.
This will be a four-person scramble formatted tournament.
The cost is $60 per person, and includes range balls, lunch and fun on-course contests.
For information, call Twisted Oaks superintendent Chad Thummel at 1-940-872-4000.
‘Pink Out’ in Nocona Oct. 2
The Nocona High School volleyball team will have its annual “Pink Out” game on Oct. 2.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Lady Indians will be honoring survivors and those who have battled during Friday’s match.
There will be a pep rally on Friday at noon leading up to the match at 5 p.m.
Students and staff are urged to wear pink to the match between Nocona and Holliday, two teams in the upper half of the standings in District 3A-9.
Rodeo finals are set for Sunday
The finals of the “Fat Stacks of Cash” Kyani rodeo series are set for 2 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the 4X Bucking Bulls Arena.
The arena is located 4½ miles west of Nocona off United States Highway 82.
This is an open-buckle series, with a $60 entry fee.
The draft will take place at 1 p.m., with riding one hour later.
Josh Cain leads the series right now with 217 points while Lin Bradley is second with 125 points.
Tuff Brumley and Sonny Dutchover are third and fourth, with 80 and 77 points respectively. The series started on Aug. 30.
For information, log onto the website 4xbuckingbulls.com, call 1-501-944-1907 or email: 4xBuckingBulls@gmail.com.
Arrowhead truly for the birds
The Texas Ornithological Society will have a bird-watching event on Oct. 10 at Lake Arrowhead State Park in rural Wichita Falls.
It will begin at 8 a.m.
The walk lasts one hour, and will cover about one-half mile.
Normal park entry fees apply. The fee for adults is $3. Children 12 years old and younger are admitted free for the walk.
For information, call the park of 1-940-528-2211.
Minnie Lou Geer was a respected local educator who passed away earlier this year. A golf tournament will take place in her honor on Oct. 10. (News 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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