SPORTS
BHS Bass club fishes at Lake Ray Hubbard
Coming off the Bowie Bass Club’s first Champion of the Lake Award at Lake Texoma in November, the young fishermen had high hopes for their third competition of the season at Lake Ray Hubbard on Dec. 1.
Despite difficult fishing conditions that saw only two teams reach the bag limit, the Bass Club fared well and fell just shy of earning their second Champion of the Lake.
The team of Blake Allen, fishing without his partner Will Hamilton, and captain Weldon Duff was one of the two teams to catch the five fish limit, earning second place with five fish at 13.98 pounds.
“We had never seen that lake before and went in with some reservations, but we relied heavily on electronics and did some map study before we went. We actually found a place where some crawfish were spawning and there were some bass there, and that’s how we got our five,” explained Duff.
It also was a successful day for Ian Ashley and Cooper Gamblin who placed 11th with one fish weighing 4.82 pounds.
Meanwhile, Zachary Kiser and Gunner Valverde finished 46thy with one fish weighing 2.24 pounds. The duo of Cooper Harris and Kooper Hansard and the team of Jeremy Stone also fished but unfortunately came up empty handed for the day.
A total of 185 teams fished in the competition on Saturday, with 74 total fish weighed for 213.44 pounds. The average weight was 2.88 pounds.
The BHS Bass Club is next set to compete after the start of the year on Feb. 23 at Lake Texoma. That will leave only one tournament left on March 23 at Lake Ray Roberts before regionals on April 13, where the teams will return to Lake Ray Hubbard.
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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