SPORTS
Cross Country teams run at Hirschi on Thursday morning
Several county cross country teams traveled to Hirschi Junior High on Thursday to compete against several Wichita Falls area schools.
In the girl’s race Nocona came out on top while Bowie finished sixth and Bellevue 11th. The boy’s race saw the Indians finish second while Bellevue finish eighth.
For the Lady Rabbits, Landra Parr finished first in 25th place with a time of 14:23. Jojo Villarreal finished 32nd, Julia Witt finished 34th, Jennifer Alvarado finished 43rd and Brysen Richey finished 45th to round out Bowie’s top five finishers.
Coach Joe Crabb felt the girls are making good progress this season.
The Lady Indians saw Kylie Rose finish second overall with a time that saw her break the 13 minute barrier for the first time with a 12:59. Raylee Sparkman was not far behind in third place, Claudia Espinoza finished 10th, Madilyn Ferguson finished 12th and Allie Brown 13th.
Besides the great team results, Coach Kyle Spitzer was glad that every runner ran their times of the season.
The Nocona boys had their top three runners finish in the top 10 as Lyndon Fenoglio finished first for the Indians in sixth place with a time of 18:49. Hank Ulbig and Eli Croxton finished right behind him in seventh and eighth place. Iziak Weatherread finished 21st and Adam Meekins finished 27th to round out Nocona’s points.
Coach Colby Schniederjan liked the improved times, but really liked seeing the competition pick up among his top three runners vying for the team’s top runner in every race.
“Improved times yet again and competition between my athletes is heating up even more,” Schniederjan said. “I have three runners who have all finished first for us. I am pleased with the work we put in every day.”
Competing with the big schools was Bellevue. The Eagles team finished eighth as Terrance Perry finished first in 70th place with a time of 24:01.
Leland Sims finished 74th, Gonzalo Martin finished 79th, Aiden Finstad finished 88th and Samuel Innes finished 97th to round out the scoring.
The Lady Eagles saw Sky-Lar Embry finish 31st to lead the team with a time of 14:36.
Austin Ford finished in 77th place, Grace Martin finished 92nd, Haley Hanvey finished 97th and Cecillie Fjelborg finished 114th as Bellevue’s top five runners that counted towards points.
To see the full results from these schools runners, 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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