SPORTS
Three schools run at Slidell
Athletes from Bowie, Saint Jo and Forestburg ran at Slidell on Saturday morning.
The Panthers brought four runners to run as individuals and the Longhorns brought one in the high school race. In the junior high race, the Cottontail teams swept the team results while Forestburg had one run as an individual.
Saint Jo had three boys run as Kile Thurman won the overall race by a little more than a second with a time of 19:22. Collin Thomas was not far behind in fifth place and Joshua Vogel finished 14th.
In the girl’s race Lady Panther Kassidy Pitman finished third overall with a time of 15:55. The Lady Horns Issabella Roller finished seventh overall with a time of 17:28.
While neither school had enough runners to compete in the team category, Bowie’s junior high teams had more than enough as both teams won.
The Lady Cottontails were led by Samantha Clarke who finished first overall with a time of 13:57. Among Bowie’s top five finishers included Shyenne Long in third place, Traycee Stewart in sixth place, Shyla Long in seventh and place and Kayden Shaffer in 10th place.
The boy’s team saw Andrew Sandhoff finish second overall with a time of 13:10. Other finishers among the top five for the Cottontails included Brody Fesmire in third place, Alex Castro in sixth place, Brady Lawhord in seventh place and Ethan Malone in eighth place.
Forestburg had one girl, Justynne Roller, run in the junior high meet. Roller finished in 16th place with a time of 19:05.
Full results and times are in the mid-week paper 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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