SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Cook, Fenoglio lead all-county
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Forestburg High School volleyball team provided Montague County with its deepest run in the postseason.
The Lady Horns swept Bryson 25-22, 25-19, 25-12 at Chico High School in mid-November, and advanced to the Conference 1A regional semifinals before falling to Kopperl in San Angelo.
The Bowie volleyball team defeated Nocona during a play-in match at Henrietta for fourth place in District 3A-9 and a spot on the postseason dance card.
Bowie, Nocona and Forestburg all finished the 2015 season with at least 20 wins. Saint Jo also qualified for the playoffs, and pushed Graford to five sets before falling.
Overall, the Lady Rabbits were 25-16, Lady Indians 24-15 and Lady Horns 20-16.
“I got to know the girls as the season went on, and we jelled as a team,” said first-year Forestburg head coach Cori Hayes, whose sister, Rashonda, played for the Lady Horns more than a decade ago. Read more in The Bowie News.
ALL-MONTAGUE COUNTY TEAM
Captains
Addy Cook, outside hitter, Bowie; Magye Fenoglio, libero, Nocona
First-Team Selections
Bowie
Madison Little, outside hitter; Taylor Thompson, setter; Mackenzie Tole, middle blocker; Karsen Morgan, libero
Nocona
Sherese Price, outside hitter; Jamie Carpenter, outside hitter/setter
Forestburg
Alexia Britain, middle blocker; Hope Phipps, outside hitter; Kaylee Choate, setter; Haley Nolan, outside hitter
Saint Jo
Sarah Patrick, outside hitter/middle blocker; Charity Brawner, setter; Sheridan Stiteler, outside hitter
Gold-Burg
Hannah Franklin, middle blocker/outside hitter; Lexy Hand, setter/outside hitter
Prairie Valley
Taylor Carter, outside hitter
Honorable mentions
Henslee Ogle, Carcyn Robertson and Ivy Dennis, Bowie; Chloey Hamilton, Mackie Trumbull, Payton Ferguson and Angel Rhudy, Nocona; Cheyenne Banks, Cheyenne Karr, Laura Sanchez and Lindsey Johnston, Forestburg; Alyssa Hennessey, Bailey Melton, Carlee Vogel, Delaney Hall, Bethany Thomas and Caitlyn Holley, Saint Jo; Megan Metz, Christina Arevalo and Haley Davis, Gold-Burg; Brooklynn Messer, Lexi Roof and Kendra Woods, Prairie Valley.
Addy Cook was named one of two team captains on the all-county volleyball team published in The Bowie News. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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