SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona track teams compete at area meet
The Bowie and Nocona track teams competed at the area meet in Dublin on Thursday.
The Lady Rabbits had six athletes qualify for the regional meet while the Lady Indians put through two and the Indians one.
Athletes had to finish in the top four in their individual events to qualify for the regional meet. Bowie’s Jayci Logan finished third in the 200 meter race, Anahi Perez finished third in the 100 meter hurdles and Neely Price finished fourth in the high jump.
Logan was also part of the 4×200 relay that finished fourth along with Taygon Jones, Hannah Love and Ziba Robbins.
For Nocona, Trent Sappington finished first in the 400 meters, third in the 200 meters and just missed qualifying in the 100 meters with a fifth place finish.
Allie Brown also qualified in two events, finishing third in the 3200 meters and fourth in the 1600 meters. Raylee Sparkman qualified in the 400 meters with a fourth place finish.
The Jackrabbits did not have anyone qualify, but Cade Thompson and Case Curry did score points for the team with sixth place finishes in the high jump and pole vault at the meet.
Other athletes who scored points included Nocona’s Noe Estrada with a fifth place finish in the 300 meter hurdles, the Lady Indian’s Kylie Rose finishing sixth in the 800 meters and the Lady Rabbits Price and Perez finishing fifth and sixth in the 300 meter hurdles.
The regional meet is scheduled for April 23-24 at Abilene Christian University. Only the top two finishers in each event are guaranteed a spot at the state meet. The top third place finisher in the state is then allowed a spot at state.
Results for all Bowie and Nocona athletes 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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