SPORTS
County football teams play final scrimmages before first game
Bowie
Bowie scrimmaged City View at home and by the end of the night had picked up enough momentum for everyone to feel good about themselves, having persevered through a slow start. The Jackrabbits dominated the second half of the scrimmage, scoring more touchdowns and making more big plays on the nights for the team to finish strong.For Coach Dylan Stark he saw good things and above all was glad he escaped the scrimmage with no major injuries, but would have liked his team to play better at the beginning.
“We’ve got to be able to start when it’s time to go,” Stark said. “We need a better start. We need to be able to get off the field on third down. I was proud how our kids played.”
Bowie opens the season at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 31 at home against Godley.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians traveled to Petrolia on Thursday night.
With the drop in competition from the first scrimmage against Windthorst, Coach Brad Keck looked at other things besides the success his team had on the field.
“I thought we made fewer mistakes than we made the first week,” Keck said. “Our energy level was a little higher. We did some pretty good things offensively and defensively that I thought were good and obviously there are still some things we need to fix.”
One of the main issues Keck wants worked out was what he felt like unnecessary penalties, two of which brought back would be touchdowns.
Still, Keck feels like things went according to plan for him. Like a lot of coaches, Keck makes sure to not tip his hand to any future opponents by keeping certain players, formations and adjustments limited in a scrimmage that will not count towards anything.
The Indians open their season at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 31 at Boyd.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears traveled to Vernon Northside on Thursday in their final scrimmage.
Coach Gordon Williams liked what he saw from the team, especially when comparing to where the team was last year at this time.
On the night the Bears had four scoring plays, with three coming on the ground and one through the air.
“We are so much more physical than we were last year,” Williams said. “We were able to run the ball and we were able to stop them from running, which were two of the main things I was looking for.”
While things were looking up, no scrimmage goes off without a hitch. One thing Williams wants to fix are some of the mechanical things they can control.
“In six-man, there are a lot of pitches and handoffs that go into plays and we had too many plays where we failed to execute those and they ended up being drive killing plays for us,” Williams said.
Gold-Burg opens the season at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 31 at home against Notre Dame.
To read the full story, pickup 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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