SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers picked up their second straight district win on Friday at Graford.
The Lady Panthers handled the Lady Rabbits in straight sets, winning each set by a larger margin than the one before.
The first set was the most competitive with Saint Jo closing strong to win 25-20.
The second and third sets were not as close as the Lady Panthers left no doubt who was the better team winning 25-17 and 25-12.
Coach Charlie Hamilton made sure her team knew the importance of the game.
“They knew Graford was sitting ahead of us in district based on teams we have and have not played,” Hamilton said. “They came in ready to take the lead in district. They played well as a team. We look forward to growing more each game.”
Saint Jo next hosts Chico at 5 p.m. on Oct. 2.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost to 2A team Windthorst on Friday at home.
The Lady Trojans won in straight sets against the shorthanded Lady Bulldogs with scores of 25-18, 25-9 and 25-11.
“We were missing three varsity starters,” Coach Jeannie Carpenter said. “We had to pull up two JV players and play Hailey Winkler, our libero, all the way around. We held our own in set one, but the other two we just could not adapt well enough to put points on the board.”
Prairie Valley next hosts a rematch against county foe Gold-Burg at 10 a.m. on Oct. 3.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears had to host big 2A Archer City on Saturday with three players missing.
The Lady Cats won in straight sets, but the Lady Bears fought hard despite being shorthanded.
Gold-Burg got better every set as the players tried to get used to the new rotation out of necessity.
Archer City won the first set 25-8, but the Lady Bears hung around and competed better in sets two and three with scores of 25-16 and 25-20.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was proud of how her team fought.
“The girls rallied like they always do and played extremely well defensively by covering the hits like troopers,” Cromleigh said. “It was a match where all the girls stepped up and played their hearts out.”
Gold-Burg next gets a rematch at county foe Prairie Valley.
The match is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Oct. 3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Two teams compete at state tourney

The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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15 athletes playing in Oil Bowl

The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Hill upgraded to Nocona AD

Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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