SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won an important district game against fellow 1A opponent Harrold on Tuesday at home.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against the Lady Hornets.
Though Prairie Valley did not play its best match, it played well enough to win with set scores 25-9, 25-14 and 25-18.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 18 kills and added 13 assists.
Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 17 assists.
Molly and Randi Gilleland led the team with three service aces apiece.
Brianna Harris had one block at the net while adding five kills.
The Lady Bulldogs next host Electra at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost at 2A Alvord on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets with scores of 25-18, 25-13 and 25-16.
Setter Kaitline Harris led the team with nine assists.
Kayden Skidmore had a team high six kills and added seven assists. Hannah Reyling pitched in four kills.
The Lady Panthers next play at Poolville at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost against 2A Chico on the road Tuesday night.
The tall and tough Lady Dragons won in straight sets with set scores 25-11, 25-10 and 25-10.
Athena Britain led the team with three kills and nine digs while Faith Moore had four assists.
Coach Cori Hayes thought his team had some good rallies with Chico.
Unfortunately, the daunting 2A matchup was just too overwhelming to overcome.
The Lady Horns next play at Lindsay at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost to Petrolia on Tuesday night at home.
The Lady Bears started okay, but the Lady Pirates would win in straight sets with scores 25-16, 25-11 and 25-9.
There were some moments of brightness. The defense played well overall and Kelly Contreras had a point where she served six times in a row. It was not enough that night to get the win.
Gold-Burg next plays at Bryson at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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