SPORTS
Regional Cross Country runners compete
Cross country runners ran at the regional meets on Monday, with one individual qualifying for the state meet.
Despite fewer runners and teams being able to qualify this year due to COVID-19, Saint Jo’s Collin Thomas did for the second straight year individually.
Running at the University of Texas in Arlington’s campus, Thomas finished 12th overall with a time of 18:20.
“Collin ran about where we needed him to be,” Coach Lyndon Cook said. “He improved his placing against the kid he had been racing against all year. For him to make it back-to-back in only his second year is a great achievement for him.”
His team finished seventh overall out of 12 teams. His teammate’s results included Kile Thurman (33rd), Noble Koelzer (38th), Jousha Vogel (52nd) and Brice Durham.
Running at the 3A meet several hours more west at Texas Tech, the Nocona girl’s team finished one spot higher despite no runner qualifying individually.
The Lady Indians finished sixth overall with Jayce Rose leading the team in 27th place with a time of 14:10. The top five runners included Raylee Sparkman (31st), Allie Brown (41st), Madilyn Ferguson (44th) and Cobi Womack (121st).
The Bowie boy’s team also ran at that meet and the young team finished 13th overall. Sid Mayfield finished first for the team in 75th place with a time of 20:26. The top five runners included Alex Castro finishing 90th, Andrew Sandoff 95th, Nathan Rodgers 108th and Ignacio Saucedo 110th.
Coach Andy Atkins knew it was not his team’s best performance. With some runners having to gut through the race with lingering injuries, the team did the best it could that day.
Also racing in the boy’s race was Nocona’s Hank Ulbig who qualified for regionals individually. Ulbig finished 97th overall with a time of 21:15.
Back at the 1A meet, the Prairie Valley girl’s team finished 11th overall. Hailey Winkler led the team finishing 46th with a time of 15:45. The top five runners included Karagan Ritchie finishing 60th, Molly Gilleland finishing 79th, Veronica Gutierrez finishing 93rd and Emily Carpenter finishing 96th.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter thought her girls ran as well as they had all season. With all of them also playing volleyball this fall, Carpenter was proud her girls could keep the tradition of regional appearances going.
Individual runners in the 1A meet included Grace Martin and Sky-Lar Embry from Bellevue. Martin finished 35th overall with a time of 15:15 while Embry finishing 76th with a time of 16:54.
The state meet race for Thomas is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. on Nov. 23 at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock.
To see results from all of the Montague County runners at the regional meets, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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