SPORTS
Bowie golf sweeps district; Stone qualifies for regionals
The Bowie and Nocona golf teams competed at the district tournament on Wednesday at the River Creen Golf Course at Burkburnett.
Both the Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit teams came away as district champions while the Lady Indians saw Laci Stone qualify for regionals individually.
The Jackrabbits were led by Parker Price, whose 80 score was the lowest of the day in the whole field. Teammate Andrew Sandhoff shot an 84, which was good for the second lowest score in the whole field.
Cy Egenbacher (86) and Jay Anderson (90) were not far behind as the team total of 340 was 42 shots better than second place Jacksboro.
Hunter Duke was the fifth player on varsity whose score did not count towards the total and finished with a score of 106.
It was a similar story for the Lady Rabbits team. Kenzee Jaresh’s 94 score was the lowest of the day on the girls side. Teammate Halle Duvall was not far behind shooting 97, good for the second lowest score behind Jaresh.
Camberley Gunter’s 108 score and Neely Price shooting 121 was good enough for the team to post a 420 score, 28 shots better than the second place team Henrietta. Rylie Vieth was the fifth player whose score of 125 did not count towards the team total.
The Nocona Lady Indians finished 12 shots behind second place Henrietta, just short of qualifying for the regional tournament. Stone shot 99, which just nabbed her the last individual spot.
Cobi Womack (112), Meg Kirkpatrick (113) and Maci McWilliams (136) rounded out the team’s total to 460. Skylar Smith’s 140 score did not count towards the team total.
The young Nocona boy’s team filled with underclassmen finished fifth. Chasen Harris shot the lowest score for the team with 110. Johnny Stone shot a 113, Cooper Waldrip shot a 118 and Bodie Davis shot 130 to add to the team’s 471 total. Charlie Fuller’s 146 score did not count towards the teams total.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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