SPORTS
Montague County athletes compete at regional tennis tournament
The regional tennis tournaments across the state took place on April 18-19 for athletes in Montague County.
Players from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo had qualified for the regional tournament by finishing in the top two at the district meet. To make it to the state meet, they would need to finish in the top two again.
While none of the athletes ended up qualifying for the state meet, the boy’s doubles team from Saint Jo got close. Logan Morman and Connor Thompson ended up finishing third at the 1A Region III meet at Whitney High School.
With both boys being juniors and accomplished in their own rights in several other sports, Coach Charlie Pittman has high hopes for what they can accomplish next year.
Saint Jo also had senior Jayla Thomas competing in girls singles. She wound up finishing fourth overall in her final high school tennis tournament.
For both Bowie and Nocona, their players had a bit more trouble at the 3A Region I meet at Abilene.
Bowie’s mixed doubles team of Victor Tran and Camberley Gunter made it to the second round as well as the girl’s singles play Jacqueline Hanna.
Tran and Gunter were able to win a third set thriller against a team from Coleman in the first round. Unfortunately, they were then matched up against the No. 1 seed from Canadian and lost.
Hanna also had to win a tight third set in the first round against a girl from Jim Ned. Her ride came to an end in the second round as she lost to a girl from Crane.
Bowie’s boy’s doubles team of Spencer Hopson and Zachary Logan ride came to an end earlier.
Playing a team from Coahoma, the match went into the third set. Hopson and Logan could not pull it through as they lost the third set.
With all three boys being seniors, Coach David Hall is going to miss them next year, but is appreciative of how much all three have brought to the program.
Rachel Patrick competed in girl’s singles for Nocona. Competing against a girl from Canadian, Patrick lost in three sets.
After losing the first set 6-1, Patrick rallied in the second set, winning the contested set 6-4. Unfortunately, the third set was not pretty as Patrick would end up losing 6-1.With Patrick being a senior, Coach Tiffany Clay is going to miss what she has brought to the Nocona tennis program for four years.
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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