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Basketball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg boys
The Prairie Valley boy’s basketball team hosted Gold-Burg on Friday in what would turn out to be a happy homecoming game for the Bulldogs.
Prairie Valley shot the roof off the gym on its way to beating the Bears 87-18, led by a great shooting performance from Nicholas Bell. The senior made 13 3-pointers to score a season high 43 points.
Teammates Isaac Yeargin and Tyler Winkler each scored in double-figures as well, with Yeargin scoring all 12 of his points from 3-pointers and Winkler scoring 11 points.
With the Bulldogs scoring 32 points in the first quarter, the Bears just did not have enough fire power to keep up with the hot shooting.
Leading scorers for Gold-Burg were Jack Henry, Kani Grace and Jacob Reno who all scored four points for the game.
Both teams finish up the first round of district play on Jan. 24. Prairie Valley will host district leader Slidell at 7 p.m. and Gold-Burg will host Bellevue at 7 p.m.
Bellevue vs Forestburg girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles hosted Forestburg on Friday to close out the first round of district play.
The Lady Eagles press defense was too much for the Lady Horns for most of the game as Bellevue would win 61-10.
Sky-Lar Embry led all scorers with 25 points while her teammates Kaylee Trail and Austin Ford each added 15 points.
The young Forestburg team wanted to try and get the ball into the post, but the Lady Eagles ferocious press did not allow the Lady Horns to get that chance too much.
Bellevue next plays at Gold-Burg at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24. Forestburg next hosts Saint Jo at 6 p.m. on Jan. 28.
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs hosted Gold-Burg on Friday as part of the homecoming festivities.
The Lady Bulldogs sent their fans home happy as they won 49-10 against a depleted Lady Bears team, who suited up five players.
The Lady Bulldogs were led by Shelby Roof finishing with a double-double, scoring 13 points and swiping 13 steals. Emily Carpenter also had a double-double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Molly Gilleland also scored in double figures as she scored 10 points.
For the Lady Bears, Taylor Lyons led the team with seven points.
Prairie Valley next plays district favorite Slidell at home on Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. Gold-Burg hosts Bellevue at 6 p.m. on Jan. 21.
Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers traveled to Slidell on Friday to play the defending state champions and district facorites.
The Greyhounds showed why they are favorites as they beat the Panthers 59-34. Despite the loss, Coach Lyndon Cook was able to take away some positives.
Logan Morman led the team with 12 points while Connor Thompson added 10 points. It was Saint Jo’s first loss in district so far and if the team wants to keep it that way, it will have to go through two tough teams this week to end the first round that way.
The Panthers played at Bellevue earlier in the week and host Midway at 7 p.m. on Jan. 24.
Saint Jo girls
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers traveled to undefeated and state-ranked Slidell on Friday.
The Lady Panthers struggled to score against the mighty Lady Greyhounds as Slidell won 65-9.
With the first round of district play done Coach Taylor Klement knows her team can play better in some of the winnable games.
Saint Jo travels to tough Bellevue earlier in the week before hosting Midway at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24.
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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