SPORTS
REGIONAL: Nocona, Montague girls set for JH tournament
The Montague and Nocona Middle School girls’ basketball teams will compete at the Fifth Annual First State Bank Cooke County Shootout on Jan. 7.
Nocona’s seventh grade will play Era at 8 a.m. in the auxiliary gymnasium at Gainesville High School.
Nocona’s eighth grade will play Era at 9 a.m. in the GHS main gymnasium.
Montague is set to play Gainesville at 10 a.m., also in the main gymnasium.
Nocona’s seventh-grade girls will play either the winner or loser of a game between Muenster and Callisburg in the second round.
Lindsay, Gainesville St. Mary’s, Gainesville and Muenster Sacred Heart also are fielding teams in the seventh-grade pool.
Nocona’s eighth-grade girls will play either the winner or loser of a game Muenster or Callisburg in the second round.
Montague will square off with either Lindsay or Dodd City, both challenging foes, in the second round.
Championship and consolation bracket semifinal games are set for noon and 1 p.m. for seventh-grade girls and 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. for eighth-grade girls.
Seventh-grade girls’ consolation championship is at 4 p.m., with the eighth-grade consolation game to follow at 5.
The seventh-grade girls’ championship will be at 6 p.m., with the eighth-grade title game to follow at 7. Third-place games are set for 4 p.m. (seventh grade) and 5 p.m. (eighth grade).
The boys’ tournament is set for the following weekend on Jan. 14.
The event is sponsored by DA Sports Marketing, LLC, which plans athletic tournaments and special events in North Texas.
Gainesville High School will be the site of a junior high school girls’ basketball tournament this Saturday. (Courtesy photo)
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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