SPORTS
County teams play in Savoy
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers came out on top in its second tournament at Savoy during the weekend.
The Lady Panthers won all three of their games to win the overall tournament.
Saint Jo first played Blue Ridge to start the tournament. The Lady Panthers took care of business against the Lady Tigers, winning in straight sets by comfortable margins 25-16 and 25-18.
The next match came against S&S Consolidated. The Lady Panthers won the first set 25-19 and the second set 25-18 to make it to the championship game
Saint Jo next faced off against Texoma Christian School for the tournament title. The private school Lady Eagles showed they were not to be taken lightly as they beat the Lady Panthers in the first two sets by the barest margin 25-23 and 26-24.
While the rest of the tournament was a best of three format and would have spelled the end, the championship was a best of five.
Saint Jo was able to shake off the toughest of starts. Instead of hanging their heads, the Lady Panthers fought back to tie the match with one sided wins in sets three (25-6) and four (25-14). The fifth set was more competitive, but Saint Jo was able to get control in the end to win 15-12.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley volleyball team competed at the tournament in Savoy last week
The Lady Bulldogs ended up finishing third overall as they went 2-1.
Prairie Valley first played Detroit on Thursday. The Lady Eagles played the Lady Bulldogs close, but Prairie Valley won in straight sets 25-22 and 25-23.
Coming back on Saturday, the Lady Bulldogs next played Texoma Christian School. Prairie Valley won the first set closely 25-22, but the Lady Eagles came back to win the second set by a big margin 25-13. The third set was not much better as the Lady Bulldogs lost 15-8.
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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