SPORTS
Volleyball all-district teams announced
With the volleyball season done for the vast majority of high school teams across the state, all-district selections have been released to the public.
For the Bowie Lady Rabbits, Lexi Kirkham and Taygon Jones earned superlative awards. Kirkham earned the district’s most valuable blocker award while Jones was named defensive MVP of the district.
First team selections included Halle Duvall and Neely Price.
Second team honors went to Jayci Logan, Julia Witt and Gracie Duke. B.J. Mills earned an honorable mention nod. The team had 11 players named to the all-academic team.
The Nocona Lady Indians had Averee Kleinhans named the district’s offensive MVP.
First team selections included Laramie Hayes, Sydni Messer and Skyler Smith.
Laci Stone, Jessica Dingler and Karlee Brown were second team selections while Laney Yates was an honorable mention selection.
The team had six players earn all-academic honors.
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won four superlative awards. Hannah Reyling was named the district MVP, Kaitline Harris was setter of the year and Kassidy Pitman was libero of the year. Coach Charlie Hamilton was named coach of the year.
First team honors went to Kayden Skidmore, Elaina Everson and Shaden Johnson. Jacqueline Hannah was named to the second team.
Prairie Valley had Emily Carpenter and Brianna Harris win superlative awards. Carpenter was named the district’s offensive MVP while Harris was named newcomer of the year.
First team honors went to Hailey Winkler, Molly Gilleland and Veronica Gutierrez. Randi Gilleland and Karagan Ritchie earned second team honors. Five players were named to the all-academic team.
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears had Kelly Contreras and Ashlyn Brown win superlative awards. Contreras was named the district’s defensive MVP and Brown the blocker MVP.
First team selections included Taylor Lyons, Ashlynn Smith and Sadie Whitaker. Maddi Baumeister and Jylian Taylor were named to the second team.
Honorable mention picks included Sierra Weaver and Shadie Whitaker.
The Forestburg Lady Horns had Faith Moore selected as the district’s defensive player of the year. Athena Britain and Rebeca Sanchez were first team selections.
Kendal Cross, Bailey Payne and Katie Willett were second team selections while Shelby Bradley and Keeleigh Burnam were named honorable mention.
To see the full list of honors for all Montague County volleyball teams, 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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