SPORTS
Bowie girls open district with win
The Bowie Lady Rabbits started its district run on Friday at home against Henrietta as the cold front moved into Montague County.
The Lady Rabbits sent home the Lady Cats with bumps and bruises on the way to a 65-26 win.
The first quarter saw the game start off slow. Henrietta came out in a zone defense that did its best to prevent Bowie from passing the ball inside and dare the Lady Rabbits to shoot from outside.
Bowie obliged and made three 3-pointers in the first quarter, but failed to score in other ways.
The Lady Rabbits came out in their full-court press defense that early on proved almost too physical for the Lady Cats. Henrietta struggled to get past half court initially. Even when they started to break the press the Lady Cats struggled creating shot attempts and Bowie’s defense would usually force a turnover.
Unfortunately, Bowie struggled to convert these turnovers into chances in transition early on. The Lady Rabbits only led 9-5 heading into the second quarter.
The physical defense from Bowie led to foul calls and those added up in the second quarter. Post player Hope Jones went out with three fouls.
A particular action that led to an open backside cutter at the rim was exploited multiple times by Henrietta that made Coach Joe Crabb look like he wanted to tear out his remaining hair.
The Lady Cats cut the lead to 11-9 early in the quarter, but that was as close as they would get the rest of the game.
Jayci Logan, who made two of the 3-pointers in the first quarter, made two more in the second. The Lady Rabbits created better chances inside the arc. All of it led to a 22-13 lead at halftime.
The third quarter saw Bowie really open the game up. The press forced two quick turnovers that the team converted to layups in the first minute. From there the Lady Rabbits lead continued to grow as the nine point lead at halftime was now 21, 38-17 heading into the final quarter.
Things just got worse for Henrietta. Bowie’s press defense had completely worn down the Lady Cats ball handlers by this point and the turnovers kept coming.
Crabb sent out his starting lineup despite the lead to continue to get work for future games and the points continued to pile up.
Bowie’s 27 points in the fourth quarter was more than the team scored in the first half and led to the final score being as one-sided as it was. Henrietta scored its most points in the quarter as well, but could not keep up as the Lady Rabbits won 65-26.
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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