SPORTS
Lady Indians finish in top 10
The Nocona Lady Indians claimed a ninth-place team finish out of a whopping 39 teams in the Arl Houston Ken Gaston 22nd Annual Invitational Cross Country Meet in Grand Prairie on Thursday.
With 294 points, the Lady Indians also landed in second place in the 3A division led by top individual Maria Hernandez, who medaled in the meet with a 19th place finish and time of 12:57.6.
Kylie Rose was just out of medal reach with a time or 13:03.5 in 22nd place, while Raylee Sparkman crossed the finish line at 13:25.1. It was another successful meet for the Lady Indians as they competed against more than 250 individual runners.
Nocona Lady Indians Cross Country Coach Kyle Spitzer feels the strong finish in such a large meet provided some confidence for his runners with all but two of his athletes finishing with their fastest time of the year.
“These girls expect a lot of themselves,” said Spitzer. “It’s been fun to watch the excitement they have for the team success as opposed to just individual success. I knew I was going to have a talented group of runners, but we have to keep putting in the work if we want to reach our goals. It won’t be easy, but I know these girls are up for the challenge.”
Meanwhile, the Nocona Indians raced to a 30th place team finish out of 37 teams and 280 individual runners in the 4A and under race.
Tyler Richards set the pace for the Indians, finishing in 164th place with a time of 21:067, followed by Lyndon Fenoglio with a time of 21:47.3 and Hank Ulbig who crossed the finish line with a time of 21:48.6.
“I ran some new kids this week, due to injuries,” explained Nocona Indians Cross Country Coach Colby Schniederjan . “We are continuing to make improvements on strategy and our speed. We have one more practice race to prepare for district.”
To see the full list of results, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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