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Basketball Roundup
Bellevue vs Forestburg boys
The Bellevue Eagles won at Forestburg on Friday in a pretty one-sided game.
The Eagles won 49-19 against a young Longhorns team.
Bellevue got out to a 16-4 lead in the first quarter. Forestburg had its most successful stretch in the second quarter as four different players scored one basket and the team scored 11 points.
Unfortunately, that quarter turned out to be an anomaly as the Longhorns struggled the whole second half to score.
The Eagles never slowed down until the game was in hand in the fourth quarter.
Braxton Osteen led Forestburg with six points while seniors Hayden Berry and James Stokes scored four points each.
Longhorn Coach Eldon Van Hooser thought his team showed improvement at time, but knows they still have a long way to go.
Bellevue is next scheduled to play at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 at Slidell. Forestburg is next scheduled to play at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 at Prairie Valley.
Gold-Burg girls
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost at district favorite Slidell on Friday.
The Lady Greyhounds won 85-40, but Coach Cheryl Cromleigh said it does not indicate how much her team competed.
The beginning of the game was tough for the Lady Bears. Cromleigh had to call three time outs during the first quarter to try and settle her players down.
Slidell got off to a monster start, scoring 37 points in the quarter while Gold-Burg struggled to score three.
After that though, the Lady Bears competed much better for the next three quarters of the game. Slidell still had the edge during that time, but it was only 48-37 during that span.
Kelly Contreras scored a season high 25 points for Gold-Burg while Taylor Lyons was second with nine points.
“It was the best the Lady Bears in years have played against Slidell, especially at Slidell,” Cromleigh said.
Gold-Burg is next scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 26 at Saint Jo.
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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