SPORTS
Cook earns all-tournament honors for MSU volleyball
Midwestern State University split results on the final day of the Tarleton Invitational to open the season 2-2.
The Mustangs swept through Black Hills State in three tightly-contested sets (27-25, 26-24, 25-21) before running into a buzz saw in Harding (12-25, 12-25, 18-25).
MSU 3, BHSU 0
A huge late run in the first set propelled the Maroon and Gold to a sweep over Black Hills State in the day’s opener (27-25, 26-24, 25-21). The Mustangs served up 12 aces to hand the Yellow Jackets their third-straight loss.
Redshirt freshman and Bowie high school alumn Addy Cook once again led the team with nine kills while sophomore Raven Presley tacked on eight more.
Junior Sarah Eakin posted the most efficient outing of her career, knocking down five kills on seven swings for a .714 hitting percentage. Sophomore Sarah Glawe handed out 18 assists while junior Erin Richburg and freshman Samantha Manio snuffed out nine and eight attack attempts, respectively.
The Mustangs overcame 10 first set attack errors and rallied from a 23-16 deficit to stun the Yellow Jackets in the opener.
During the 11-2 run to claim the 1-0 lead, Kristin Silva had a pair of aces, Raven Presley had a pair of kills and BHSU committed four attack errors to give MSU Texas the lead.
Riding the momentum, the Mustangs stretched the advantage to 2-0 as Cook, Eakin and Richburg recorded 12 of MSU Texas’ 14 kills in the second set.
MSU Texas capitalized on 14 errors by BHSU in the final set to pick up its second-straight victory.
The Yellow Jackets were led by Sierra Stugelmeyer who hit .471 with nine kills.
MSU Texas rallied from a 23-16 deficit in the first set to win 27-25 and turn the momentum of the match as they ended up winning.
The Mustangs dropped in a season-high 12 aces, the second-most by MSU Texas in the last two seasons.
Redshirt freshman Addy Cook led the Mustangs offensively for the third-straight match, posting nine kills and matched a career high with three service aces.
Junior Sarah Eakin had the most efficient outing in her career, hitting .714 with five kills on seven swings.
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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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