SPORTS
Athletes compete at state track meet
Athletes from the Montague County area competed at the state track meet on Friday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
While there was the threat of rain all day, it mostly held off, but the conditions were mildly windy and chilly for May in the morning to comfortable in the afternoon.
Bowie’s Daniel Mosley competed in the 3A boy’s shot put in the morning. His longest throw of the day went 49-8 and he finished eighth overall. A couple of his later throws looked like they had potential to be farther, but Mosley scratched on these attempts.
Bowie’s Logan Lawhorn started the 3A boy’s high jump. Either the conditions or the big stage led everyone in the field to undercrofts. Lawhorn finished tied for seventh place as he jumped 6-2.
At noon, Bellevue’s FreeDom Morris competed in the 1A girl’s high jump. The conditions were better as the eventual winner from Westbrook would go on to set the 1A state record.
No girls missed any jumps until the 4-10 height. On her third attempt and refusing to be the first girl out, Morris made the height on her final attempt. It equaled the height she jumped at the regional meet to qualify for the state meet.
Along with two other competitors, Morris failed to make the next height. Because she had missed more on the previous attempts, she finished behind the two girls in ninth place.
In the early afternoon, Forestburg’s Zach Bradley competed in the 1A boy’s shot put. Even with his second time competing at state, Bradley was still nervous.
He improved both his distance and placing from last year, finishing sixth with a long throw of 46-6. With four of the five competitors who finished in front of him graduating, Bradley is looking forward to next year.
The last athlete to compete that day was Nocona’s Tyler Richards. Competing in the 3A boy’s 400 meter race after the sun had gone down, Richards did not have his best day.
He finished ninth overall with a time of 52.46 seconds.
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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