SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Rabbits play in Decatur
The Bowie High School boys’ basketball team will play in the Decatur Tournament starting at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Bowie will face Weatherford in an opening-round game.
The Jackrabbits don’t play again until the first game at 8:30 a.m. on Friday versus Azle. The team will play Odessa Permian at 7 p.m.
The Bowie boys participate in the Decatur Tournament every year.
The Jackrabbits close out pool play with a game versus Cleburne at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The Gold third-place game is set for 5:30 p.m. with the silver championship at 7 p.m. and the gold championship at 8:30 p.m.
The Bowie junior varsity team faces Western Hills at 10 a.m. and then Castleberry at 3:10 p.m. on Thursday in the same event. The second game will be at the middle school gymnasium.
The Jackrabbits’ ninth-grade team will face Springtown at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, followed by games versus Western Hills at 3:10 p.m. and Benbrook at 8:30 p.m.
Forestburg, Saint Jo
Both the Forestburg and Saint Jo girls’ and boys’ basketball teams will compete in the Chico Tournament beginning on Thursday.
Forestburg boys match up with Boyd at 3:30 p.m. while Saint Jo’s boys play the hosts at 6:30 p.m. on the same night.
On the girls’ side, Forestburg plays the Paradise JV at 2 p.m. while Saint Jo’s girls take on Newcastle at 5 p.m.
The girls’ championship will be at 6 p.m. on Saturday with the boys to follow at 7:30 p.m. The third-place games will be at 3 p.m. for girls and 4:30 p.m. for boys.
Nocona, Bellevue boys at Poolville
The Nocona and Bellevue boys both will participate in the Mesquite Pit Tournament set for Poolville from Thursday through Saturday.
Bellevue plays Smyer in the first round at 3:10 p.m. on Thursday in the junior high school gymnasium, and Nocona takes on Tom Bean in the high school gym at 5:30 p.m. the same day. Read more in the Dec. 7 Bowie News.
Bowie’s Keck Jones plays defense on a Bridgeport player during the Jackrabbits’ own tournament last weekend. Jones and the rest of the Jackrabbits are competing in the Decatur Tournament this week. (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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