SPORTS
STORM CENTER: NFL season is here
Well, the National Football League season officially started on Thursday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the New England Patriots.
The Patriots defeated the Steelers 28-21 as New England celebrated the pomp and circumstance of its fourth Super Bowl title. And now, we have a new problem, headsets.
The Bowie News will run the games expected to be televised here locally.
That’s for those of you without the DirecTV package like some fancy folks I know here in Montague County.
For the first time since the 1960s, and because CBS is no longer carrying the U.S. Open tennis tournament, that network will have the doubleheader for the first weekend of the season.
Early on, local CBS affiliate KAUZ will present the Kansas City Chiefs at the Houston Texans. The late game will be the Baltimore Ravens at the Denver Broncos.
There only will be one game on FOX, shown locally on KJTL, with this area set to receive the Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears.
Here are the broadcasters you’ll have for those games.
The Kansas City/Houston game will have Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms have been paired for Baltimore/Denver. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman will team up for Green Bay/Chicago.
Of course, the Dallas Cowboys will play host to the New York Giants in AT&T Stadium, aka Jerry World, at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will bring the action to you.
On Monday, there will be a doubleheader featuring the Philadelphia Eagles at the Atlanta Falcons at 6 p.m. and then the Minnesota Vikings at the San Francisco 49ers. Read more from this column, including season predictions, in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
The Dallas Cowboys will play host to the New York Giants at 7:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time at AT&T Stadium. The Cowboys are favored to win this NFC Eastern Division clash. (Courtesy photo by James Smith/The Dallas Cowboys)
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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