SPORTS
Prairie Valley girls win second straight district title
The district cross country meet took place at Bowie’s Pelham Park for Montague County’s 1A schools Wednesday afternoon.
A quick redesign of the course had to be done due to the heavy rainfall from the night before, but by the time the race came around it was perfect racing weather with cool temperatures.
Only the unavoidable soggy ground kept the runner’s times down as a whole.
Overall one team and three individuals qualified for the regional meet from Montague County.
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won their second straight district team title as their top four runners finished within the top 10. Cosima Ermert was first overall with a time of 14:08.
Shelby Roof came in not far behind in third place, followed closely by Allie Brown in fourth place. Hailey Winkler in 10th and Molly Gilleland in 11th rounded out the Lady Bulldogs top five.
Taylor Franklin in 13th place and Emily Carpenter in 18th place were the final varsity runners for Prairie Valley.
The Prairie Valley boy’s team was not so lucky as they finished fourth. William Winkler, who ran at the state meet last year, was battling an injury and just squeezed into qualifying for the regional meet by finishing ninth with a time of 21:15.
Isaac Yeargin finished 17th, Tyler Reid finished 19th, Kaden Fleming 22nd and Zack Smith in 23rd place.
Coach Seth Stephens was a bit disappointed with the results, but could not fault his guys for giving their all.
Saint Jo brought three runners, with two of them qualifying for the regional meet for the second straight year.
Logan Morman was first overall with a time of 18:42 as he ran away from the field as the race went along. A state qualifier last year, Morman is hoping to make it back.
Kassidy Pitman finished eighth with a time of 14:55 to qualify for the regional meet. Grant Stitler did his best, but his 24th place finish was outside of contention.
Forestburg brought two runners and both were hoping to qualify for regionals. Unfortunately, they both finished just outside the top 10.
Isabella Roller finished 12th with a time of 16:19 while Sol Martinez finished 16th with a time of 16:48.
The regional meet will be on Oct. 22 at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie.
To read the full story and see every high school Montague County kids time, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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