SPORTS
1A schools compete at district track meet
The 1A district 22 track meet saw many area schools compete on Thursday at Bowie High School.
Saint Jo finishing first on the boy’s side and Prairie Valley finishing second on the girls side were the highest finishing teams among area schools in the area.
Every school had a handful of athletes qualify for the area meet by finishing among the top four in their event.
The Panther boys had Cade Stevens, Logan Brawner, Noble Koelzer, Collin Thomas, Brice Durham, Joshua Vogel, Jordan Reeves, Chandler Parr, Chance Bennett, AJ Wright, Dawson Everson and all three relay teams qualify for area.
The Lady Panthers team finished third had Elaina Everson, Kyler Dunn, Kathryn Sherwin, Hannah Reyling, Shaden Johnson and all three relay teams qualify for area as well.
The Lady Bulldogs had Hailey Winkler, Carmen Gomez, Karagan Ritchie, Maddy Yeargin, Emily Carpenter and all three relay teams qualify for the area meet.
The Bulldog team finished tied for third overall and had Dale Neugebauer, Mason Allen, Tyler Winkler, Eli Croxton and the 4×400 relay qualify for the area meet.
The Forestburg boys tied for third overall as Will Johnson, James Stokes, Braxton Osteen, members of the 4×100 and 4×200 relay qualified for the area meet. The Lady Horns finished fourth overall as Reagan Ladewig and Morgan Miller qualifying for the area meet.
The Gold-Burg boy’s team finished tied for fifth place overall as Kani Grace, Will Hodges, Jack Henry, Jayon Grace and the 4×200 relay qualified for the area meet. The Lady Bears finished sixth as Ashlyn Brown, Shadie Whitaker along with members of the 4×100 and 4×200 relay qualified for the area meet.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles team finished fifth overall as Sky-Lar Embry and Grace Marton qualified for the area meet. The Eagles team finished seventh as Jayson Gill and Terrance Perry qualified for the area meet.
Results from area schools for the top six finishers in each 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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