SPORTS
County schools summer workouts start Monday
With the go ahead from the University Interscholastic League, many school districts’ athletic programs will open up their doors to incoming junior high and high school athletes on Monday morning.
For Bowie, due to damage to the high school facilities, the summer workouts will be at the junior high. The times are 8-10 a.m. Monday through Thursday. There is no cost.
Some guidelines Bowie will be following is no locker room access, water must be brought by athletes, entry/exit protocol followed by all staff and athletes on arrival, rotating stations and departure.
Equipment will be sanitized after each individual use as well.
For the full post, check the Bowie Athletics Facebook page.
Nocona will have summer conditioning Monday through Thursdays. The boys will start at 8 a.m. and go to 11 a.m. The girls will start at 9 a.m. and go to 12:30 p.m. Workouts will be free of charge.
Some safety guidelines the district is following include limiting the number of people in the weight room at one time, locker room and shower access will not be given, workout gear and towels will not be given and athletes will be required to bring their own water with their name on it. The full post is on the Nocona Athletics Facebook page.
Saint Jo also is sticking to morning workouts. All girl athletes and incoming high school boys will workout from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Incoming junior high boy athletes will workout from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Some guidelines Saint Jo is following includes requiring a daily sign-in sheet so attendance records can be kept to ensure athletes are staying safe, no locker room or shower access, no shared water or food and sanitized facilities.To see the full post, go the Saint Jo website.
For Forestburg, workouts are in the evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday for all athletes as young as incoming seventh graders.
Athletes are expected to bring their own water bottle, athletic clothing and shoes. Boys will also need to bring cleats for sports specific drills.
Incoming seventh graders or anyone new to Forestburg will need to bring a completed physical form to be able to workout. To see the full post, go to the Forestburg Facebook page.
Prairie Valley will host workouts for all incoming junior and high school athletes starting at 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Social distancing guidelines from UIL will be in place. Athletes will take a short questionnaire each day before workouts to make sure they are not exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19. Check the full post on the Prairie Valley Facebook page.
The only district in the county not starting on Monday is Gold-Burg. With the Bears looking for a new athletic director, plans for summer workouts are at a standstill until someone is hired in that position.
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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