SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers let nerves get the best of them in their opening game of the district season against Tioga on Friday night.
The team pushed Tioga to four sets before falling 12-25, 25-18, 20-25 and 14-25, despite five kills from Hannah Reyling, 12 assists from Charity Brawner and five block kills from Bailey Melton. The Lady Panthers had a bye on Tuesday night, giving them the full week to prepare for Lindsay at home this Friday night. The Saint Jo Lady Panther’s junior varsity game is set to begin at 4:30 p.m. with varsity immediately following.
Forestburg
The Alvord Lady Bulldogs topped Forestburg 8-25, 18-25, 24-26 in the opening game of the district season on Friday. Despite the loss, the Lady Horns played fiercely against a strong team. Athena Britain led the Lady Horns with five ace serves, with Kassidy Travis and Faith Moore putting down four kills each.
Meanwhile, Katie Willett and Moore each provided three assists, while Lacy Huddleston was strong on defense with seven digs.
The Lady Horns were on the road at Collinsville Tuesday night and will have a bye this Friday.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears dropped their opening district game to Petrolia by 8-25, 9-25, 4-25 on Saturday. Petrolia is one of several 2A schools listed in Gold-Burg’s district, and schools will be split 1A/2A at the end of the regular season for playoffs.
The Lady Bears faced Windthorst on Tuesday evening and will play Archer City on the road at 10 a.m. Saturday.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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