SPORTS

Volleyball Roundup

Published

7 years ago

08/22/2018

Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits played at the Glen Rose Tournament and did well enough to earn their way to the gold bracket.
On Friday the Lady Rabbits did well in pool play. They were able to beat Peaster in three tightly contested sets 27-25, 19-25, 25-20.
Matches against Eastern Hills and La Vega were no contest as Bowie won both in straight sets by big margins. Their one loss of the day was against Denton as they were overmatched, losing in straight sets.
Their 3-1 record got them to the gold bracket where they played Sanger. They lost in straight sets when they played China Springs.
After losing the first set 25-14, the Lady Rabbits were able to win a close second set 25-21 to force a third set. Unfortunately they lost the third set 25-14 and were out of the tournament.
Aslyn Davis was named to the all-tournament team for the second straight time. Bowie plays in their final tournament this weekend at Argyle.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns played in their first official tournament during the weekend in Chico.
The Lady Horns struggled, but were able to gain valuable experience. After coming up short against Electra and the Boyd JV on Thursday, Forestburg played much better on Saturday.
Against Quanah the Lady Horns just missed out on winning the first set 25-23 before losing the second set 25-15.
Forestburg was able to bounce back and played their best game of the tournament against Crowell. The Lady Horns dominated, winning the first set 25-4 and the second 25-12 for their first win of the tournament.
Unfortunately, Forestburg was matched up with Electra again and lost in straight sets to end their tournament.
Kassidy Travis led the team with 15 kills, Lacy Huddleston with 21 digs, Katie Willett with 14 assists and Faith Moore with 10 aces.
Coach Cori Hayes was able to look through the losses and find the good in the five matches his team needed at this point in the season.
“I think overall we played pretty well in all five games,” Hayes said. “Our strengths were service and hustle, our weakness would’ve been lack of communication. Our number one priority from here out needs to be improving communication.”
The Lady Horns’ next game is at 5 p.m. this Friday at Gold-Burg.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears played in their second tournament last week at Chico.
The Lady Bears struggled to get wins, going 1-4, but they were able to keep some of the matches close.
After a terrible first set in their opening game against Petrolia, Gold-Burg played them a lot closer, losing only 25-22.
Against Quanah the Lady Bears played two back and forth sets with them that could have gone either way. Unfortunately, Quanah ended up pulling out both wins with close scores of 25-23 and 25-21.
Coming off just missing a win, Gold-Burg took their frustration out on Harold. The Lady Bears won the game in straight sets by good margins of 25-16 and 25-15.
Gold-Burg’s last two matches against tournament host Chico and Vernon Northside were less competitive as they lost both matches in straight sets.
Taylor Lyons and Kelly Contreras were named to the all tournament team.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh saw positives in a lot of her team’s matches and areas they still need to improve.
“Once we got started against Petrolia I saw lots of improvement in our defensive coverage and our hitting,” Cromleigh said. “In the Harrold match everything clicked and we looked awesome at times. We still need to serve better. That cost us the Quanah match, we missed serves at the wrong time. I’m proud of the girls.”
The Lady Bears next game is when they host Forestburg at 5 p.m. on Aug. 24.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley volleyball team hosted Savoy on Friday.
The first two sets were competitive, but saw Prairie Valley pull away at the end, winning 25-18 and 25-20. Then the third set came.
“We started off slow but by set three we were really playing together well,” Coach Jeannie Carpenter said. “Everything just clicked and the results were impressive.”
The Lady Bulldogs stomped Savoy in the third set, winning 25-3 to win the game overall in three sets.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 9 kills, Sydni Messer with 13 assists, Hailey Winkler with 10 digs and Kincaid Johnson with 9 aces.
Prairie Valley next plays at 5 p.m. on Aug. 28 at Northside.

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SPORTS

Two teams compete at state tourney

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5 days ago

06/05/2025

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Colt Henry, Lane Smith, Cooper Johnson and Corbyn Patton competed at the state high school bass tournament at Lake Conroe. (Courtesy photo)

The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.

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15 athletes playing in Oil Bowl

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5 days ago

06/05/2025

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The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.

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Hill upgraded to Nocona AD

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5 days ago

06/05/2025

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New Nocona Athletic Director Jeff Hill along with his wife Amy and their kids Kason, Camden and Kinsley. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”

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