SPORTS
Bowie, Saint Jo run at Slidell
The Bowie and Saint Jo cross country teams ran at Slidell on Friday and did well against a mix of teams from different classifications.
Overall, the Bowie girl’s team finished fourth, the boy’s team fifth and the Saint Jo boy’s team finished sixth.
The meet divided the varsity races into two heats to keep the number of runners down. At the end, everyone’s times were compared and placed into standings.
The Lady Rabbits saw Samantha Clark finish 10th overall with a time of 14:14. The top five runners for the Bowie girl’s team also included Jojo Villarreal finishing 22nd, Kaydee Jones finishing 24th, Hannah Craddock finishing 33rd and Desarai Reyes finishing 36th.
Coach Joe Crabb likes the improvements he continues to see from his team, but knows they still have a ways to go before the district meet in a month.
The Jackrabbits had Sid Mayfield finish first on the team in 16th place with a time of 19:34. Other scoring runners included Nathan Rodgers in 21st place, Ignacio Saucedo in 22nd, Andrew Sandoff in 24th and Alex Castro in 25th.
Coach Andy Atkins thought his team ran well overall. His top five almost all finished in the top 10 in their heat, but the next heat was faster overall which pushed the team down in the rankings.
Similar things happened to the Saint Jo boy’s team. Collin Thomas broke away at the end of his heat to win the race, but finished third overall with a time of 18:29. His teammates Kile Thurman, Noble Koelzer, Joshua Vogel and Brice Durham finished 17th, 40th, 46th and 62nd.
Coach Lyndon Cook was pleased as everyone’s times were faster than their previous race. Competing against some bigger schools for the first time, Cook was pleased that his runners seemed to step up to the challenge.
The Bowie teams next run at Brock on Sept. 30. Saint Jo next runs at Prairie Valley on Sept. 30.
To see results from all of the Bowie and Saint Jo high school runners, 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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