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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Bowie girls move up to 15th
The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team, fresh off of two straight district victories over Boyd and Paradise on the road, keeps moving up.
The Lady Rabbit bumped from 17th to 15th in the latest Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Conference 3A girls’ poll.
The poll was released on Monday.
As the Bowie boys’ basketball team continues to struggle – with four straight losses – the Jackrabbits were ousted from the Conference 3A TABC poll this week.
GIRLS
Canadian (14-2) is now No. 1 in the Conference 3A girls poll with Wall second, Brock third, Tuscola Jim Ned fourth and Little River Academy fifth.
Undefeated Pottsboro is slotted ninth with Shallowater is 12th and Ponder 18th among regional teams of note.
Dodd City remains No. 1 in the Conference 1A poll with an unblemished 14-0 record, with Nazareth second, Hermleigh third, Huckabay fourth and Garden City fifth.
Eula is 10th, Lipan 13th, Roby 20th and Slidell, a member school in District 1A-21, has moved up to 23rd. Lance Shelton, son of Bowie legend Gayno Shelton, is the Slidell coach.
BOYS
Lipan is No. 1 in Conference 1A boys with a 13-1 mark, followed by Happy in second, Nazareth third, Waelder fourth and Leggett fifth.
Lingleville is next in sixth with Graford, coached by Ty Tabor, seventh. Eula is 16th to round out the regional teams of note.
Muenster, coached by Bowie graduate Lynn Cook, is No. 1 in Conference 2A at 13-0 with Anthony second, Mumford third, Clarksville fourth and Clarendon fifth.
Electra is ninth, Albany 15th, Petrolia 16th and Poolville, who Bellevue has beaten twice this year, in 25th spot.
Santa Rosa is No. 1 in Conference 3A with a 13-3 mark. La Marque is second, Dallas Madison third, Brock fourth and Ponder fifth.
Peaster, who beat Bowie 64-47 last week, is next in sixth with Wall seventh, Littlefield ninth, Dallas Triple-A 16th and Canadian 20th. See more rankings in the Dec. 21 Bowie News.
Bowie’s Addy Cook drives toward the basket during Friday’s District 3A-8 game at Paradise. The Lady Rabbits moved up to 15th in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Conference 3A poll this week. (News photo by Dani Blackburn)
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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