SPORTS
Bowie girls lose district game at Childress 58-37
Facing their first big challenge during district play, the Bowie Lady Rabbits made the long trip to Childress on Tuesday night.
The Lady Cats took it to the Lady Rabbits, especially in the second and third quarters, leading to a big win 58-37.
The beginning of the game was slow and played to Bowie’s pace. The Lady Rabbits led 10-8 heading to the second quarter when Childress caught fire.
Lady Cat’s post player Grace Foster, the reigning district co-most valuable player, got to work scoring the ball in a myriad of ways both inside and outside. Childress more than doubled its total from the first quarter while Bowie’s offense suffered.
When everything was going right for the Lady Cats, things were going wrong for the Lady Rabbits. Shots weren’t going in. The turnovers increased.
Childress took the lead by double-digits heading into halftime up 29-16.
Bowie needed to turn things around coming out of halftime, but unfortunately the same play continued from the second quarter. Foster and the rest of the Lady Cats were making their shots while the Lady Rabbits offense continued to fall farther behind.
Heading into the final quarter Bowie trailed 48-25.
The Lady Rabbits closed out the game better than they played in the middle two quarters. By that time, Bowie had dug itself too big of a hole to climb out of to get the win. Childress would win 58-37.
Brysen Richey led the team with eight points and five steals. Hope Jones was second with six points and five rebounds. As a team the Lady Rabbits shot only 20 percent from the field and made only three 3-pointers.
While Bowie did get to the free throw line a lot, attempting 28, the team made less than 60 percent.
The Lady Rabbits will look to bounce back. They have another challenge when they next travel to Holliday to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 21.
To read the full story, 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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