SPORTS
Montague boys’ basketball wins consolation
The Montague Eagles boys’ basketball team played in the First State Bank Cooke County Shootout in Gainesville last Saturday and followed it up with a game in Saint Jo last Monday.
The Eagles won two out of three games in the tournament and took home the consolation trophy. In the first of three games, Montague faced the Lindsay Knights at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning.
In a very competitive game, Lindsay outlasted the Eagles and won by a final score of 28-24.
In the second game, Montague faced off against Era. In a strong defensive showing for the Eagles, they went on to win the game 36-21. Montague held Era to just eight points at half.
In Montague’s third game for the consolation championship, they met up with the Alvord Bulldogs. At the end of the first half, the Eagles led 23-6.
The Eagles tacked on six more in the third quarter and 16 in the fourth to win the tournament’s consolation championship for the second year in a row, 33-16.
Following the tournament, the Eagles traveled to Saint Jo on Monday and met up with the Panthers to play in their seventh district game. The Eagles were impressive in the matchup, playing strong defense, forcing timely turnovers, converting in transition and in their half court offense.
At halftime, the Eagles led 16-3. After a strong third quarter, the Panthers tightened the gap making the score 20-12 to start the fourth. Montague’s Kleinhans and Wetmore took over in fourth quarter handling the ball and controlling the pace, leading the Eagles to their sixth district win by a final score of Montague 27, Saint Jo 18.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
For the second year, Montague County All-Stars hosted its annual Fall Games at Saint Jo High School Oct. 21.
Representatives from nearly every county elementary and high school took part in the day-long event. Students with assorted disabilities learned how to play basketball in the morning and volleyball in the afternoon.
Helping teach the finer points of both games were players and coaches from all the area high schools. Individual skills such as passing, dribbling, and shooting were taught in one of the school’s gyms before athletes were broken up into teams and played timed games in the other gym.
Some of the younger athletes had issues with the ball dribbling and got hit in the nose. Eventually they all got the hang of it, one even getting a basket.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team had a tough first set against visiting Olney Oct. 16 but then turned things around in the final two games and cruised to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14) win.
The Lady Indians are now 4-2 in district with one match to go in the regular season Oct. 23 in Petrolia.
Kasi Castro opened the match with a Nocona ace. Paige Davis later followed with a kill to break serve and a single point for a 3-1 lead.
Kills by Sy Parker and Raylea Bowles helped keep Olney down. Leah Meekins’ single point put Nocona up 6-3. Castro’s five-point streak extended the lead to 13-7 with kills from Presley Weber and Parker keeping the drive alive.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
To close out the District 10-A season, Forestburg’s volleyball team traveled to Bellevue and posted a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) over the host Lady Eagles.
Forestburg tied for first place with Saint Jo and broke the deadlock Oct. 26 (see story, same section).
Brooklyn Shook’s ace put Bellevue up 1-0 in game one. Forestburg’s Lacie Shotwell’s three-point run later put the visitors up 5-2, Brenna Brailes extended the Lady ‘Horn lead to 7-3.
Single points by Landry Fluitt and Brylie Hager cut the lead to 7-8. Forestburg’s Addy Conway rolled off five straight points to extend the lead to 14-7. Mattie Broussard of Bellevue later cut the deficit to 11-14 with a three-point string. points from Madi Wadsworth and Presley Brown put Forestburg up 18-12.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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