SPORTS
Bowie wins final district match
The Bowie Lady Rabbits traveled to and won at Breckenridge on Friday in the final district match of the season.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets again the Lady Buckaroos with the set scores being 25-22, 25-18 and 25-15.
Taygon Jones led the team with nine kills and 22 digs. Neely Price had 24 assists and Gracie Duke had five blocks to lead the team as well. Lexi Kirkham, Hannah Love and Taygon Jones each had three service aces to lead the team as well.
The bi-district match is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Oct. 29 at Jacksboro.
Junior high
The Bowie Lady Cottontail teams played at Paradise on Oct. 17 and Henrietta on Oct. 19.
The seventh grade A team won against Paradise with scores 25-18, 11-25 and 17-15. Chloe Kinney and Callie Curry were praised for their serving. Kendall Fallis and Rhyan Carle were highlighted for their setting and hitting. Camille Shutte was praised for her digs.
The seventh grade B team also won in three sets with scores 30-29, 12-25 and 16-14. Emerson Parr showed good serving while Raeleigh Bossett and Jenci Brown were praised for their hustle.
Coach Rhonda Parr was proud of how her teams fought back from point deficits to win both matches, showing fight and determination.
Against Henrietta things did not go so well. The seventh grade A team lost 25-20 and 25-18. Fallis was highlighted for her serving while Rhyan Carle had good hits.
The seventh grade B team lost with set scores 25-22 and 25-22. Parr had good serving while Alyssa Airington was praised for her hustle.
The teams played their final match on Monday at Jacksboro.
To read the full story, 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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