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Girls Roundup

Published

6 years ago

01/13/2021

Gold-Burg vs Forestburg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears beat Forestburg at home on Friday night to shake off a tough loss earlier in the week.
The Lady Bears beat the Lady Horns 47-38 thanks to a high scoring fourth quarter.
The two teams battled for three quarters and Gold-Burg led only 27-25 heading into the final period. From there, the Lady Bears closed out the game with a barrage of free throws, making enough to pull away comfortably.
Kelly Contreras led the team with 13 points while Taylor Lyons scored 11.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was excited her how her team played overall.
“We were able to shut down the inside game which was our number one goal,” Cromleigh said. “We also slowed down their fast breaks.”
For Forestburg, Faith Moore led the team with 16 points and three 3-pointers. Athena Britain was second with eight points.
Gold-Burg is next scheduled to play at Slidell at 6 p.m. on Jan. 15. The Lady Horns are next scheduled to host Bellevue at 6 p.m. on Jan. 15.

Bellevue vs Saint Jo
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won at Saint Jo on Friday.
The Lady Eagles won in a one-sided game 66-9.
Bellevue scored most of the points in the first quarter and played its starters for only the first half. Austin Fored led the team with 18 points and Kaylee Trail was second with 16 points.
Coach John McGee was pleased with what he saw.
“We played really great defense and I was pleased with them being able to transition from one thing to another,” McGee said. “I believe we are peaking at the right time and I’m really proud of the girls.”
The Lady Panthers are next scheduled to play Slidell at 6 p.m. on Jan. 15 at home. The Lady Eagles are next scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 15 at Forestburg.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a disappointing game at Midway on Friday night.
The Lady Falcons took a one-sided game 66-26 against the Lady Bulldogs team that just did not play well overall.
“If it could go wrong it did,” Coach Jeannie Carpenter said. “We struggled to handle the ball and couldn’t get any shots to fall. Their defense shut down our scorers. They are a good team, but the score should not have been what it was.”
Emily Carpenter and Carmen Gomez each led the team with eight points.
It’s a sour note to happen at this time.
The team will spend this week in quarantine, missing games and practice time.
Prairie Valley makes up this week’s cancelation against Gold-Burg at 11 a.m. on Jan. 23 at home.

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Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory

Published

4 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.

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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney

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4 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.

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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages

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4 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.