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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: District 3A-9 honors released
Bowie High School outside hitter Addy Cook shared District 3A-9 most valuable player honors with Kayleigh Pappajohn from Boyd.
Both players are juniors.
Mackenzie Tole, a junior, was named co-district most valuable blocker along with Huntlee Martindale from Holliday. Martindale is several inches taller than Tole, making Mackenzie’s achievement all the more impressive.
For a second straight year, Nocona’s Magye Fenoglio was named most valuable libero.
Other top defensive honors went to Paradise senior Madi Horn and Kenli Bedingfield, a junior from Holliday.
Holliday senior Jaren Parker and Boyd junior Morgan Abbott were the most valuable setters. Holliday junior Kinsey Duncan was named most valuable hitter.
Sophomore Lizzie Riordan from Henrietta was named most valuable server.
Freshman Jordyn Todd from Boyd was chosen as the 3A-9 newcomer of the year.
Boyd’s Dusty Crafton was selected as the district coach of the year.
The Lady Jackets won District 3A-9 and earned a bi-district championship before falling to Sandy Langford and Glen Rose.
Second-place Holliday, third-place Henrietta and fourth-place Bowie were all first-round exits. Bowie played then Conference 3A No. 2 Gunter. The Lady Rabbits defeated Nocona in straight sets for fourth place during a play-in match.
Both Bowie and Nocona recorded their second straight 20-plus overall winning seasons.
Here are the first-team selections: Madison Little, Bowie; Taylor Thompson, Bowie; Sherese Price, Nocona; Kenzi Todd, Boyd; Kamryn Weaver, Henrietta; Brei Jackson, City View; Jaden Richardson, Jacksboro; Kelsie Trainham, Holliday; Taygan Henderson, Holliday; and Kenzie Kirk, Henrietta.
Mackenzie Tole, shown here during a regular-season match at Jacksboro, was named co-most valuable blocker in District 3A-9 this week. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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