SPORTS
Nocona sweeps hosted cross country invitational; Bowie boys start off season
Nocona had its first cross country invitational Thursday morning at Indian Oaks Golf Club.
With six schools, including county rival Bowie, competing in varsity and junior varsity races, it was a good starting point for the beginning of cross country season.
The race hosts swept the varsity team result and won the junior varsity boys competition as well.
In the Nocona varsity boys three mile race, freshman Eli Croxton finished first for the Indians in second overall with a time of 20:04.
Behind him Hank Ulbig finished fourth, Lyndon Fenoglio finished eighth, Adam Meekins finished 10th, Iziak Weatherread finished 12th and Sam Cunningham finished 13th to round out the team’s scoring.
The boys finished 21 spots ahead as a team to finish in first place. The results have Coach Colby Schniederjan excited about the upcoming season.
“We brought back three runners from last year’s regional qualifying team, so I knew we had a couple of guys I could build a team around,” Schniederjan said. “I have been extremely pleased with my younger runners. We are running times now that were mid season times a year ago. I have about 11 kids that will push for the top seven spots. We had a successful start to the season at our home meet and we’re looking forward to the year.”
The Lady Indians also won the varsity competition in the two mile race. Junior Kylie Rose finished first overall with a time of 13:23.
Raylee Sparkman was not far behind as she finished third while Madilyn Ferguson and Claudia Espinoza finished fifth and sixth. Natalie Pirkey rounded out Nocona’s scoring by finishing 21st.
Coach Kyle Spitzer was pleased with what he saw from his girls as they hope to make it back to regionals.
“Our course presented some good challenges for us and I thought the girls responded well,” Spitzer said. “We saw some areas we need to work on, so we will get back to work and get ready for the Burkburnett meet next week.”
The Jackrabbit boys’ team competed as well. The varsity team finished tied for third overall.
Bowie’s top runner was freshman A.J. Whatley as he finished 11th overall with a time of 22:07. Caleb Harris finished 14th, Asdriel Saldana finished 16th, Bryson Moore 17th and Brock Neese in 19th rounded out the Jackrabbits scoring.
Coach Jonathon Horton thinks this was a good start for some of his younger runners.
“I was very pleased with how well our young guys ran against varsity competition, especially being the first three mile race for our freshmen,” Horton said.
For full varsity results, 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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