SPORTS
Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K sees great turnout
The 10th annual Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K had more than 100 entries on the early morning of July 4th this year. The male overall winner was 17-year-old Luis Cardinal from Valley View, finishing with a time of 17:33. The female overall winner was 15-year-old Sydney Reynolds, also from Valley View with a time of 20:26.
In female nine and under division, Tatum Morman from Saint Jo won with a time of 40:47. In the 10-14 division, Hannah Kirkpatrick from Valley View won with a time of 25:12.
In the female 15-19 division, Rachel Hesse from Muenster won with a time of 23:17. In the 20-29 division, Lauren Rohmer from Muenster won with a time of 23:33.
In the female 30-39 division, Sarah Schlieve from Saint Jo won with a time of 27:28. In the 40-49 division, Frances Hendrickson from Dallas won with a time of 25:40.
In the female 50-59 division, Christy Hesse from Muenster won with a time of 32:34. In the 60-69 division, Debbie Black from Montague won with a time of 28:24.
In the male nine and under division, Isaac Reiter won with a time of 44:41. In the 10-14 division, Jake Slover from Valley View won with a time of 21:45.
In the male 15-19 division, Payten Vidourek from Sanger won with a time of 18:03. In the 20-29 division, Micah Davidson from Valley View won with a time of 19:15.
In the male 30-39 division, Mark David Basco from Muenster won with a time of 21:07. In the 40-49 division, James Moss from Valley View won with a time of 24:24.
In the male 50-59 divison, Ronald Thoma from Elgin won with a time of 30:19. In the 60-69 division, Don Wiese from Gainesville won with a time of 27:01. In the 70-79 division, Gary Potter from Owasso, OK won with a time of 41:46.
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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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