SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona run first meet of year
In the first cross country meet of the season for Nocona and Bowie teams, the Indians hosted the meet Thursday morning at Indian Oaks Golf Course.
The Lady Indians finished first out of eight teams while the Lady Rabbits would finish fifth. The Indians finished one spot better than the Jackrabbits, finishing second out of five teams competing.
The Nocona girl’s team was led by Kylie Rose, who finished first overall with a time of 13:16.
Allie Brow finished right behind her in second while Madilyn Ferguson and Jayce Rose finished seventh and eighth. Raylee Sparkman rounded out the top five scoring runners finishing 13th.
For the Bowie girl’s team Jojo Villarreal led the team finishing 19th with a time of 15:30.
The top five scoring runners for the Lady Rabbits included Kaydee Jones in 23rd, Samantha Clarke in 25th, Hannah Craddock in 26th and Shyenne Long in 30th.
The Nocona boy’s team saw Arturo Garcia finish first for the team in seventh place with a time of 19:42.
Landry McCasland was right behind him in eighth place while Hank Ulbig finished 16th, Ivan Hernandez 17th and Frank Espinoza in 21st place.
The Bowie boy’s team had Sid Mayfield finish first in sixth place with a time of 19:25.
The Jackrabbits scoring runners included Andrew Sandoff in ninth place, Nathan Rodgers in 18th place, Alex Castro in 20th place and Ignacio Saucedo in 26th place.
With meets being smaller this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, each place counts that much more due to fewer runners.
The Nocona teams next run at Holliday at 9 a.m. on Sept. 11. The Bowie teams also will run at the same meet.
To see full results, 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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