SPORTS
CROSS COUNTRY: Runners compete at regionals
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Fields are set at various regional cross country meets across the Lone Star State, and Montague County runners will be prominently involved.
Saint Jo’s complete girls’ team plus Logan Morman, Bellevue’s Jonah Belcher, Gold-Burg’s Haley Davis and Prairie Valley’s complete boys’ and girls’ teams will compete at the Conference 1A, Region III meet.
Saint Jo’s experience competing in at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie, site of the regional meet, could be a boon. The team ran here in September at the Richey Invitational, hosted by the University of Texas-Arlington.
“Half of the race is back in the woods,” Saint Jo head coach Taylor Klement said. “It’s mainly on grass, and the runners like it. It’s a solid course for them.”
The girls will run at 3:30 p.m., followed by boys at 4 p.m.
Paityn Holley has the Lady Panthers best time this year, clocking in at 12 minutes, 12 seconds over 3,200 meters at the District 1A-21 meet at Twisted Oaks Golf Club in rural Bowie.
Other runners for Saint Jo are Caitlyn Holley, Paityn’s older sister, Coletta Holland, Ashley Reyling and Destiny Diaz – all of whom recorded their best times at the District meet.
Morman’s top effort also came at district, with a time of 18:09.9 over the 5,000-meter course.
“We competed against a lot of bigger schools here last time, and I think we held our own,” Klement said.
Klement said the Lady Panthers have a legitimate shot at qualifying for the state meet to take place in two weeks time. Read more in the Oct. 29 Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s Destiny Diaz (left) and Coletta Holland will both run at the Conference 1A, Region III meet. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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