SPORTS
Bowie girls, Forestburg run at meets
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits competed at the Jim Ned Invitational on Thursday in a tough competition from nine other schools.
The Lady Rabbits finished sixth overall as several girls performed well.
Jayci Logan won both the 100 and 200 meter races, running 13.06 seconds in the first and 27.53 in the second.
Neely Price also won the high jump, clearing 4-10.
Other girls who finished in the top six in their event and contributed points included Hannah Love finishing sixth in the 400 meters and Anahi Perez finishing sixth in the 100 meter hurdles.
Bowie’s next meet is at home on March 25.
Forestburg
The Forestburg track team competed well at Bryson on March 11 and had several people finish with good results.
On the Lady Horn side, Reagan Ladewig led the team by winning the 100 meter hurdles, finishing second in the shot put, fourth in the 200 meter and sixth in the 400 meter races.
Justynne Roller did well finishing third in the 1600 meter race, fifth in the 800 meter race and fifth in the shot put. Teammate Morgan Miller finished right behind her in the shot put in sixth place.
On the boy’s side, the 4×200 meter relay team of Jeremiah Perez, Dylan Ronken, Levi Balthrop and James Stokes finished first. The same team, with Will Johnson subbed in for Ronken, finished second in the 4×100 meter relay.
Individually, highlights included Ronken finishing second in the 110 meter hurdles, Braxton Osteen finishing third in the discus, Johnson finishing fourth in the 400 meter race and James Stokes finishing fourth in the 200 meter race.
The team’s last scheduled meet before district is set for 1:30 p.m. on March 26 at Chillicothe.
To see full results from both schools, 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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