SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Champions are crowned
The University Interscholastic League state football championships wrapped up at AT&T Stadium in Arlington last weekend.
Here’s the complete list of games:
Wednesday, Dec. 14
Conference 1A Div. II
Richland Springs 96, Balmorhea 50
Conference 1A Div. I
Borden County 60, Jonesboro 12
Thursday, Dec. 15
Conference 2A Div. II
Bremond 49, Iraan 28
Conference 2A Div. I
Refugio 23, Crawford 20
Conference 3A Div. II
Gunter 43, Boling 7
Conference 3A Div. I
Mineola 35, Yoakum 14
Noteworthy: Mineola, who lost in the state championship game two years ago, made sure that didn’t happen here. The Jackets finished with a 438-148 edge in rushing yards, and Yoakum failed to score in the second half.
Friday, Dec. 16
Conference 4A Div. II
West Orange-Stark 24, Sweetwater 6
Noteworthy: West-Orange Stark scored the final 24 points of the game and outgained Sweetwater by a 312-148 margin for the win. Jackson Dallas and Jeremiah Shaw scored rushing TD for the winners.
Conference 4A Div. I
Carthage 31, Abilene Wylie 17
Noteworthy: Abilene Wylie scored the game’s first two touchdowns, but Carthage rallied from that point on for the state title. Keaontay Ingram was the star with 182 yards on 28 carries with two rushing TD and he added four catches for 67 yards.
Conference 5A Div. II
Aledo 24, Corpus Christi Calallen 16
Noteworthy: In one of the more competitive state championship games, Aledo remained in front throughout the entire game.
Aledo scored three rushing TDs from Jase McClellan, Donnie Evans and Rhett Harris, who had the opening score for the triumphant Bearcats.
Saturday, Dec. 17
Conference 5A Div. I
Highland Park 16, Temple 7
Noteworthy: Highland Park shut out Temple during the game’s final three quarters as the Scots defense proved too mighty for the Wildcats.
Turner Coxe registered a fourth-quarter safety for Highland Park’s final score. John Jones won a state title in his grandfather Jerry’s building
Conference 6A Div. II
DeSoto 38, Cibolo Steele 29
Noteworthy: Cristian Gonzalez booted home a 24-yard field goal with 2 minutes, 46 seconds left in the fourth quarter as DeSoto won its first-ever state title. DeSoto racked up 525 yards of total offense, fueled by Shawn Robinson’s 201 rushing yards and 222 more through the air.
Conference 6A Div. I
Lake Travis 41, The Woodlands 13
Noteworthy: Lake Travis, based in Austin, put this game away early by scoring the first 20 points. The Cavaliers earned their sixth state championship, and first in five years, as Charlie Brewer passed all over the Highlanders. Brewer was 27-of-37 for 361 yards, four TD and one interception.
University Interscholastic League. (Logo provided by the UIL, used with permission)
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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