SPORTS
Lady Rabbits take first at WFHS Invitational
The Bowie Lady Rabbits snagged the team gold medal at the Wichita Falls High School Invitational on Sept. 27.
Abby Zamzow led with a second-place individual finish and a time of 14:19.80. Bowie’s Landra Parr (15:48.83) and Desarai Reyes (15:49.91) finished neck-and-neck in sixth and seventh place.
“Abby ran really well and, we were pretty good overall,” said Bowie Lady Rabbits Cross Country Coach Chuck Hall. “Landra continued to get better, Desarai has been running really well, and so has Brysen Richey. Kylie Brightwell came in and has run really well in her first season with us. We beat Burkburnett at the meet who is a highly reputable team and it was a big win for us beating them.”
Meanwhile, the Jackrabbits finished the day with a fifth place showing against larger schools. Alex Shelton ran a 18:48.17 for an 18th place individual finish, followed closely behind by Syd Mayfield in 20th place with a time of 19:08.74. Riley Harris crossed the finish line at 20:09.23 to earn the 32nd spot out of a group of 74 individual runners.
“Alex and Sid did well, and I am pleased with the way the rest of our guys are fighting through the adversity they have this week,” said Bowie High School Cross Country Coach Jonathon Horton. “The pace of this event was good for our guys to see, the larger schools had a much faster first mile than we are used to.”
The junior varsity team also competed well at the Wichita Falls High School Invitational, taking sixth place with a 19th individual finish from Ignacio Saucedo (20:13.50), 28th place finish from Kawlyer Swearingin (20:43.84) and a 32nd place finish from Brock Neese (20:59.46).
To see a full list of results, 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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