SPORTS
Bowie golf earns district title
Nocona and Bowie competed at the district golf tournament on Wednesday at the Childress Country Club.
For Bowie, the boy’s team was able to overcome last year’s disappointment of not qualifying for the regional meet by winning this year.
Parker Price shot the best round of the whole tournament with a 72 and Riley Harris was second with a score of 78. Imanol Walker shot an 87, Jay Anderson shot 100 and Hunter Wade shot a 111.
Coach Matt Miller was proud of how the guys did and how driven they were to accomplish what they did.
“These guys have been motivated since last year,” Miller said. “They felt like they didn’t play their best a year ago, and they worked really hard to prove themselves today. It was awesome to be able to sit back and watch them perform.”
It was a windy day, but conditions were not too taxing for players who stayed patient.
For Nocona, Hunter Fenoglio finished second overall among players whose teams finished outside the top two with a score of 83 to qualify for the regional tournament for the second straight year. Fenoglio also plays baseball and has had to balance that this year, but still finished one stroke behind the leader.
Coach Colby Schniederjan was impressed with Fenoglio’s round and likes his chances at the regional meet.
“Hunter is a competitor and I would put him up against anyone over a couple of rounds,” Schniederjan said.
For the Lady Rabbits, Miller was able to pull together enough girls to make a complete team late in the season. While the scores were not the best, Miller appreciated how much effort the girls put in to get better and learn the game in such a short time.
With some of the girls young and inexperienced before this year, Miller hopes to see them stick with the sport in the future.
Halle Duvall led the team shooting 132. Gabrielle Sakel shot a 139 while Sage Bullock and Katie Turlington both shot 151.
For the Indians, Blake Gauna shot a 104, John Womack shot 113, Dalton Kirby shot 118 and Lane Geurin shot a 123.
Returning only one girl from last year, Schniederjan liked the improvement he saw from the Lady Indians throughout the season. While the group fell short, the progress has him hopeful for next year.
Cobi Womack led the team shooting 121. Paris Trosper shot a 137, Laci Stone shot a 138 and Maci McWilliams shot 141.
To read the full story, 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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