SPORTS
Lady Rabbits still trying to find groove in district
It was an up and down week for the Bowie softball team as they are still trying to find their groove as the second week of district play got under way and they play in their final tournament.
The Lady Rabbits played at Boyd on Tuesday following a marathon of a game against City View they lost the previous day.
Bowie jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first inning, but Boyd followed it up with five runs in the next two innings to go up 6-2.
The Lady Rabbits had spouts of good hitting here and there, but could not put it all together for a monster inning they needed to get back into it as Boyd tacked on three more runs in the sixth inning and won 9-4.
Bowie next played their first few games at the Fort Worth Christian Tournament on Thursday.
They opened the tournament against Forth Worth THESA. It was a one-sided game as THESA was able to consistently score runs every inning while the Lady Rabbits could not get any offense going.
Besides four runs in the second inning, Bowie was able to limit THESA to only one or two runs every inning, but that added up. The Lady Rabbits lost 8-0.
They did not have long to dwell as they played Dallas Christian immediately after.
It was a different story as Bowie jumped out to five runs in the first inning.
They were able to hold Dallas Christian scoreless the short three innings they played while they added three more runs in the next two innings to win 8-0.
Despite not having their full team this weekend, the Lady Rabbits hope their last tournament can get them on a roll as they start to settle into the normal routine of district play next week. They play at Henrietta on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
To read more, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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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