SPORTS
Teams ready to race at Bowie Rabbit Run
The Nocona, Forestburg and Bowie cross country teams are ready to compete today at the annual Bowie Rabbit Run at Pelham Park.
Bowie will feature its junior high teams, junior varsity teams and Lady Rabbits varsity team at the annual meet. Meanwhile, the Bowie varsity boys are set to compete at the Midwestern State University Texoma meet on Thursday at the J.S. Bridwell Agriculture Center.
The varsity boys division will kick off the Bowie Rabbit Run at 2 p.m. The girl’s 3,200-meter division will follow at 2:45 p.m., junior high boys at 3:30 p.m. and junior high girls at 4 p.m.
The day will wrap up with the Youth Fun Run at 4:30 p.m.
Several local teams are coming off strong showings at the Alvord High School meet on Sept. 15, including the Bowie Jackrabbits with sixth and seventh place individual finishes form Alex Shelton and Daniel Mosley.
Shelton broke the 19-minute mark with a time of 18:56.23, and Mosley crossed the finish line at 19:03.49. Syd Mayfield wasn’t far behind in tenth place with a time of 19:11.69. The other top five finishers for the Bowie Jackrabbits included Seth Robinson (19:29.94) and Riley Harris (19:33.40).
“I was pleased with our performance yesterday,” said Bowie Cross Country Coach Jonathon Horton. “The conditions were good and all of the boys competed well. Times are coming down and the guys are finishing strongly.”
However, it was Nocona’s Joan Gomez who took the gold at Alvord while leading the Nocona Indians to a third-place team finish.
“We still have room for improvement, but our times and competitiveness was much better from last week,” said Nocona Cross Country Coach Colby Schniederjan. “We are still learning how to strategically run and pace the race. I am proud of their efforts this week.”
The Lady Indians swept the top three spots in the Alvord meet with a first-place finish from Maria Hernandez (12:50), a second-place finish from Kylie Rose (14:13) and a third place finish from Raylee Sparkman (14:33).
Claudia Espinoza raced to a ninth-place finish with a time of 14:58. Madilyn Ferguson finished sixteenth (15:20), while Cobi Womack finished with a time of 16:21 and Naomi Enriquez, 17:14.
Bowie Junior High cross country teams also ran at Alvord on Sept. 12. Medalists for the meet included Case Curry and Julia Witt.
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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