SPORTS
BJH team takes first at Jacksboro tourney
The Bowie Junior High 8A volleyball team battled through tough competition to take three wins and the championship title at the Jacksboro Tournament on Oct. 1.
The 8A team opened Saturday’s competition against a tough Graham team that made Bowie fight for the win, but the Lady Rabbits came out on top by 25-23, 21-25, 15-11.
“Graham was a great, scrappy team,” said Bowie Volleyball Coach Jaimie Hickey. “They had some great saves and we often found ourselves scrambling to recover. We found a rhythm late in the third set to pull out the win.”
Carson Matlock powered the offense with five ace serves and four kills while BJ Mills added in five ace serves of her own and an additional two kills.
The Bowie 8A team played their easiest game of the day in the second round, taking an easy 25-12, 25-12 win against the Jacksboro Lady Tigers. Neely Price provided five ace serves, three kills and two blocks during the second match.
“After this game I addressed what I call the ‘second set conundrum.’ We tend to relax in the second set of every match and we have to play a game of catch up. This happened all day to us, but we always found a way to keep ourselves in it,” explained Hickey.
The Lady Rabbits faced Iowa Park in the third and final set of the day for the championship round in a game Hickey called their best all year to take the 25-22, 20-25, 15-11 win and the title.
“We kept our game fast, utilizing our hands more on free-balls, and really working the ball at the net,” said Hickey. “Iowa Park is a great team. They pushed us out of our comfort zone. They blocked really well at the net and we made adjustments to get around it.”
The coach said she is proud of the perseverance and tenacity her girls showed during the tournament.
“The girls did a very good job of keeping each other lifted up during each set and learned some very valuable lessons that will carry us through the rest of the season,” said the coach.”
The Bowie 7A team fell to Boyd 21-25, 23-25 in tournament play despite three aces and two kills from Emily Cuera, two aces and two kills from Olivia Gill and two aces, three kills from Gracie Duke.
The Lady Rabbits were victorious against Iowa Park in a three set win by 25-16, 22-25, 16-14 with a huge seven ace serves from Duke.
The 7A team dropped two sets to the host team Jacksboro, 22-25, 12-25, despite Ziba Robbins putting down four aces. Duke paced the offense with three kills, Cuera added two aces and two kills and Melenie Cantu had two kills and a block.
In regular season action, the teams faced a long drive on the road to Childress Monday night.
The Bowie 8A team topped Childress in a two-set win 25-11, 25-19 with a whopping six ace serves and one kill from Julia Witt, three kills from Carson Matlock and four aces and one kill from BJ Mills.
Hickey said her team played a strong first set, and then went into their second set slump, falling behind 2-8.
“After a time-out, we stepped up and started passing the ball well,” recalled Hickey. “We struggled keeping our intensity and enthusiasm up during low points, but once they started playing at the level expected of them, they really came alive. I am very proud of their performance. We are excited to wrap up the season on our home court.”
The Bowie 8B team came away with a two-set win by 25-20, 25-15. Kenzie Short put down one kill and four ace serves. Haley Webb provided an additional three ace serves and one kill.
The 7B team also came away with a win against Childress, topping the home team 25-20, 15-25, 15-6 with eight ace serves from Kaylie Kinney.
“I am so proud of the girls for pulling off this win,” said Bowie Volleyball Coach Shawnda Rasco.
On Sept. 24 the teams competed against a tough Henrietta team, where the 7A team fell in two sets 19-25, 8-25 despite two aces and two kills from Gracie Duke and five aces from Emily Cuera.
There has been a schedule change. Instead of playing City View at home Oct. 8, the Bowie Junior High teams will play the Lady Mustangs Oct. 11. They wrap up the season with Holliday on Oct. 15 and Nocona on Oct. 22. All three games will be played in Bowie.
To see the full list of results, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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