SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo
Saint Jo volleyball got some challenge on Friday playing the junior varsity teams from Nocona.
The Lady Panthers won both matchups against the younger squads from the 3A county team, winning all sets they played.
First Saint Jo played the Lady Indians JV two team. The Lady Panthers took care of business, winning both matches by double-digits 25-14 and 25-15.
Hannah Reyling led the team with five kills and three aces. Kassidy Pitman had a team high five assists.
The match against Nocona’s JV one team was competitive for Saint Jo. The Lady Panthers still won in straight sets 25-20, 25-18 and 25-22.
Reyling led the team with six kills while Kayden Skidmore was right behind her with five kills. Kaitline Harris led with five assists and Pitman had four digs. Reyling, Harris and Jackie Hannah each had three aces to lead the team.
Saint Jo next plays at Petrolia at 4 p.m. on Aug. 21.
Forestburg
Forestburg hosted Archer City on Friday, a usually tough 2A team that beat even 3A Bowie earlier in the week.
The Lady Horns did not far much better, losing in straight sets though they played better as the match wore on. The scores show this: 25-7, 25-9, 25-14.
Keeleigh Burnam, Katie Willett, Kendal Cross and Athena Britain each had one kill to lead the team. Burnam and Willett each had two aces. Faith Moore had a team high two assists while Burnam led the team with six digs.
Despite the outcome, Coach Cori Hayes still saw improvements from earlier in the week, especially against such a strong team.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears traveled to 2A Alvord on Friday to take on the Lady Bulldogs.
The big team from the bigger school won that night in straight sets, with scores 16-25, 19-25 and 11-25.
The Lady Bears did not serve as well as they are capable which is key for them to win games. Coach Cheryl Cromleigh still thought her girls hustled around and showed heart.
She also was happy she got Ashlyn Brown, the team’s most experienced middle blocker back after not starting the season on the team.
Gold-Burg next plays Quanah at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 21 at home.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of 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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