SPORTS
Track results from last week
Bowie
The Bowie track teams hosted the Jackrabbit Invitational on Thursday and saw some success against competitors from four different schools.
The Lady Rabbits finished first as a team while the Jackrabbits finished fourth overall.
The Bowie girls had four win their event and two relay teams finish first as well.
Laisha Johnson not only won the 400 meter race, but also won the long jump. Jayci Logan won the 200 meter race, Samantha Clarke won the 800 meter race and Anahi Perez won the 100 meter hurdles event.
The 4×200 meter and 4×400 meter relay teams also finished first to overall.
The Bowie boys did not have anyone win their event as the team is still rounding out its team with the district meet closing in.
Both teams are scheduled to compete at Henrietta on March 31 in their final competition before district, which is scheduled to be April 5 and April 8 at City View.
Forestburg
The Forestburg track teams competed at Chillicothe on Friday and competed well overall despite the small numbers.
The Lady Horns finished fourth and the Longhorns team finished fifth out of eight schools competing.
The standout was Reagan Ladewig, who won both the shot put, triple jump and 100 meter hurdles events while finishing second in both the 200 meter and long jump events.
On the boy’s side James Stokes was the only individual who finished first in his event, winning the 200 meter race.
The teams hope to do well with the district meet scheduled for April 1 at Bowie High School.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley track teams competed at Olney on Thursday and did well overall despite many athletes competing in academic district meet earlier that day.
The Lady Bulldogs finished fourth overall and the Bulldogs team finished fifth overall out of six schools competing.
Top indivudal performances included Mason Allen winning the high jump for the boy’s team. Eli Croxton finished second in both the 1600 and 3200 meter races.
On the girls side, Hailey Winkler finished second in the triple jump and third in the long jump. The 4×200 meter relay would finish second overall as well.
The teams hope to compete well this week in the district meet. It is scheduled for April 1 at Bowie High School.
Results for all varsity athletes from Bowie, Forestburg and Prairie Valley who finished among the top six in their event are in 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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