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Cross country teams from Bowie, Nocona and Forestburg traveled to Wichita Falls at the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center on Wednesday morning to compete with some of the area’s best teams.
The Bowie boys’ team elected to run in the 4A-6A race, while the rest of the teams ran in the 1A-3A race. The Jackrabbits finished third despite moving up. Sid Mayfield was Bowie’s top runner, finishing sixth place with a time of 20:02. Ignacio Saucedo was not far behind in 11th place while Brody Armstrong finished 16th, Trevor Vann finished 20th and Riley Harris 30th.
Coach Jonathon Horton liked how his guys accepted the challenge, but concedes there are still spots open on varsity.
“I was very pleased with how well our guys attacked a difficult course,” Horton said. “It was a great morning to run. The guys competed well with our opponents and each other. We still have three spots on the varsity that need to be decided by district.”
The Lady Rabbits also finished third in their race as Nocona finished second. With the 4A-6A girls race much longer than what either team is used to running, both ran in the 1A-3A race.
Kylie Rose finished first for the Lady Indians in second place as she ran a 13:41. Raylee Sparkman finished two spots behind her in fourth while Allie Brown and Claudia Espinoza both finished in the top 10 in seventh and 10th place. Sydnee Mowry rounded out the top five runners finishing in 25th place.
For the Lady Rabbits, Landra Parr finished first in eighth place with a time of 14:39. Julia Witt was next in 13th place followed by Jojo Villarreal in 14th, Brysen Richey in 21st place and Kaydee Jones in 24th place.
Forestburg also ran its three runners in the race as individuals. Sol Martinez finished first for the Lady Horns in 37th place with a time 17:36. Issabella Roller and Gracie White finished 45th and 46th to cap off Forestburg’s day.
The Nocona boys’ team ran in the 1A-3A race and finished third as a team. Hank Ulbig finished the race fifth overall with a time of 20:33 to lead the Indians.
Eli Croxton joined Ulbig in the top 10 with an eighth overall finish. Iziak Weatherread finished 13th, Frank Espinoza 16th and Miguel Gonzalez 18th to round out the scoring.
To see full 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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