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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: District 2A-10 teams are released
Saint Jo High School senior outside hitter Sarah Patrick was named the offensive player of the year in District 2A-10.
The team was selected by the 1A coaches from the district, including those at Gold-Burg, Forestburg, Prairie Valley and Saint Jo.
Alexia Britain from Forestburg was chosen as the defensive player of the year.
Both Forestburg and Saint Jo qualified for the Conference 1A playoffs, which made its return this year after a brief hiatus.
Forestburg was 8-6 in the district and Saint Jo 4-10. Forestburg advanced to the regional semifinals before falling to 1A No. 1 Kopperl while Saint Jo was eliminated by Graford during the bi-district round.
Saint Jo’s Charity Brawner, a freshman, was named setter of the year. Alyssa Hennessey, another Lady Panther, was named newcomer of the year.
Mindy Patton from Tioga was tabbed as coach of the year with her players Andrea Perez the district most valuable player and Luz Mendez the libero of the year.
The first team features the following players: Hope Phipps and Kaylee Choate, Forestburg; Lexi Hand, Gold-Burg, and Sheridan Stiteler, Saint Jo.
The second team has the following players: Haley Nolan and Cheyenne Banks, Forestburg; Hannah Franklin, Gold-Burg; Bailey Melton and Carlee Vogel, Saint Jo. Read more in the Nov. 21 Bowie News.
Members of the Saint Jo High School volleyball team who made all-district teams gather for a photo inside “The Dome.” (Courtesy photo provided by the Saint Jo 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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