SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Forestburg sweeps Bryson
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
During the regular season, the Forestburg High School volleyball team had trouble with Bryson.
The two teams met again on Tuesday night during the Conference 1A regional quarterfinal match at Chico High School.
This time, the Lady Horns’ service game proved too much for the Cowgirls to handle and Forestburg defeated Bryson by scores of 25-22, 25-19, 25-12.
With the victory, Forestburg prepared to play Conference 1A No. 1 Kopperl in the regional semifinals set for Friday evening at Central High School in San Angelo.
The Lady Horns now stand at 20-15, with three playoff trophies in tow.
“The girls came through, and they served well,” Forestburg head coach Cori Hayes said. “The girls have been working on spot serves.
“The girls came out and played some of their best volleyball we have seen,” Hayes continued. “This was a familiar foe, and we took care of business.”
Serving was the name of the game, and Forestburg had 23 ace serves in the match, paced by Hope Phipps’ nine and Cheyenne Banks added eight aces. Kaylee Choate chipped in with four and Alexia Britain had two.
The girls serve different styles, too. Phipps is a classic jump server. Banks serves up a hard, flat ball. Kaylee Choate, Lindsey Johnston and Joscelyn Riddles excel as spot servers.
The first set was tied six times, including at 11-all, before Forestburg went on a four-point run – keyed by a couple of Britain kills. Bryson pulled with two points several times, including at 23-21.
Forestburg won the first set thanks to poor Bryson serve reception.
Bryson went up 3-0 in the third game before Forestburg scored 11 of the next 14 points for a comfortable five-point lead. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Forestburg’s Cheyenne Banks serves during Tuesday’s Conference 1A regional quarterfinal versus Bryson in Chico. (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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