SPORTS
Girls Roundup
With both teams hoping to rebound from losses, the Gold-Burg Lady Bears hosted Prairie Valley on Friday for a district matchup.
It was the Lady Bulldogs who were able to pull off the win 48-39.
Prairie Valley Coach Jeannie Carpenter did not like how her team started the game and thinks outside sources played a part in their mindset coming in.
“Being out of school due to the Montague County Youth Fair was definitely a factor in how slow we started out,” Carpenter said. “We were unfocused in the first quarter only scoring six points.”
Kincaid Johnson was key in getting the Lady Bulldogs back on track as she led the team with 17 points, scoring mostly on post ups inside.
Emily Carpenter joined her in double figures with 10 points.
The Lady Bears were led by Taylor Lyons, who scored 14 points. Kelly Contreras was right behind her with 12 points.
Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was disappointed in the loss, but was proud of the way her team fought.
“This was the girl’s best game all season,” Cromleigh said. “We played extremely well. We hustled and fought and hustled some more.”
Prairie Valley finished the first round of district 3-3. They start the second round at 6 p.m. on Jan. 18 at state ranked Slidell.
Gold-Burg also will play Slidell this week on Tuesday before traveling to district number one Bellelvue on Jan. 18. They are schedule to start at 6 p.m.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had a big hurdle to face on Friday as they hosted Slidell.
The Lady Greyhounds showed why they are ranked among the top teams in the state as they beat the Lady Panthers 60-28.
Saint Jo was able to keep the game close in the first quarter as the teams got out to a low scoring start as Slidell led 8-3.
The Lady Greyhounds quickly got their offense on track while the Lady Panthers struggled to score for most of the game.
Coach Taylor Klement laments her team’s offense not performing better against the tough Slidell team.
“I thought overall we struggled a little bit,” Klement said. “Slidell is a very good team and they were very strong on the defensive end.”
Despite the loss, Saint Jo ended the first round of district play with a 4-2 record in third place, losing only to the top two teams sitting above them in the standings, Slidell and Bellevue.
The second round of district kicks off this week with a rematch against the district leading Lady Eagles at home on Tuesday before traveling to Midway to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 18.
Kally Jump will be taking over as head volleyball coach at Bowe High School.
Jump comes to town after a three-year stint as head coach at Class 4A Alvarado. She will be entering her 7th year of coaching this Fall. She replaces Ashley Sanders, who guide the team to a 6-6 finish in District 7-3A and a bi-district loss to Peaster.
After graduating from Tarleton State in 2020, she went to Itasca before going to Alvarado. With a number of family and friends in the area, Jump and her family decided to make the trip North.
Jump, who taught geometry and Algebra 2 at Alvarado, is the daughter of educators, She decided she wanted to be an educator when she was in elementary school.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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