SPORTS
STORM CENTER: This cliche has legs
On Sept. 4, the Bowie High School football team traveled to face Lake Worth to face the Bullfrogs.
It wasn’t an easy night for athletic trainer Jordan Roth as both Cayden Cox and Carter Shackelford were injured on a steamy night at Kittrell Stadium in Lake Worth.
Chase Hall battled through ankle discomfort and Josh Monkres endured severe cramping.
Injuries are a part of life, and I’ve had my share of them.
Sure, coaches don’t offer excuses for a team’s performance based on injuries to key performers, and that’s not the case here.
Cox and Shackelford are both expected to return to the field at some point for the Jackrabbits.
The football team isn’t the only one dealing with injuries as during warm-ups for Bowie’s District 3A-9 volleyball match against Henrietta on Sept. 12, Lady Rabbit middle blocker Karlyn Dean was injured.
Dean sustained a season-ending knee injury, joining Kamryn Cantwell on the sideline. Cantwell may return to help the Lady Rabbits, but that’s still an unknown at this point.
Without Dean, Bowie played inspirational volleyball recently with mammoth road victories at both Boyd, in four games, and Jacksboro, a three-game sweep.
Both the football and volleyball teams should be commended. The Jackrabbit football squad gave Henrietta all it could handle before falling to the Bearcats by four points.
Sure, Bowie is 0-2 since Cox and Shackelford went out of the lineup, but others such as L.B. Clement, Gary Mosley, Brandon Hutto and Kevin Stallcup have shouldered the burden well.
So, why is there all this talk about injuries?
Well, the sports editor is about to expose one of the worst clichés he’s ever witnessed in sports, and that is the M*A*S*H* unit.
I’m sorry, but I don’t see a visit to a high school training room resembling anything of the sort reserved for military personnel.
M*A*S*H* stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. The facility is a fully functional hospital in a combat area. Read more of this column 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.
M*A*S*H* stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. (Metro graphic, used with permission)
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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