SPORTS
Bowie has up and down first tournament
The Bowie Jackrabbit basketball team participated in their first tournament at their hosted Gayno Shelton Tournament Classic last weekend.
Bowie went 3-2 against some quality competition that tested them, but early on in the tournament, the Jackrabbits were making things look easy.
They started off the tournament against Lake Worth. Bowie was up 28-20 at halftime, but started to separate itself even more in the second half. It was a game where everyone off the bench got to play down the stretch as the Jackrabbits won 54-36.
The same day, Bowie next played Mineral Wells. The Rams had no chance as the Jackrabbits shut them out in the first quarter on the way to a 24-0 lead. Bowie repeated the feat in the third quarter on its way to a 61-19 win.
Bowie started the second day of the tournament with a big test against 5A school Saginaw. The Jackrabbits trailed 27-22 at halftime as it got off to a slow start offensively.
Bowie ramped things up in the third quarter and was able to wrestle control of the game away as it led 40-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately for the Jackrabbits, they struggled to play with the lead as the offense went away while the Rough Riders took control of the game late and held on to win 48-44.
Bowie then played Braemer, a team from Australia. After an even first quarter both teams went crazy in the second, but it was the Jackrabbits who were up 41-29 at halftime.
Bowie was able to slowly extend its lead in the second half as the game got to a much more manageable pace for both teams. The Jackrabbits won 67-48.
Bowie then finished up its first tournament against another challenging 5A team, Boswell. The Jackrabbits had a narrow 29-27 lead at halftime, but the score was tied at 37-37 heading into the fourth quarter.
Despite Bowie having a lead late, it was the Pioneers who were able to make the plays at the end to win the game 49-47.
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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