SPORTS
The area has two athletes qualify for state track meet
The regional track meets wrapped up Saturday, with the area 3A schools competing at Abilene Christian University and the area 1A schools competing at Whitney High School.
Prairie Valley’s Mason Allen and Bellevue’s Sky-Lar Embry qualified for the state meet, with Allen winning the boy’s high jump and Embry finishing second in the girl’s 100 meter race.
Allen won the event by jumping 6 feet, four inches higher than second place. His Coach Seth Stephens was excited for him.
“We knew going in that he had a shot to win, but when it actually happened we were super excited about it,” Stephens said. “It took him a while to get going this year in track, partly due to our abbreviated season, but I feel like he really hit his stride after district and he has continued improving since then.”
Embry improved her time from 13.85 seconds in the prelims to 13.71 seconds in the finals to earn second place in the 100 meter race.
While she missed out qualifying in the 200 meters with a fourth place finish, her coach John McGee was proud Embry has one more chance to represent Bellevue.
“There are no words to express the fight and heart that Sky-Lar Embry has and the natural ability to compete on any stage,” McGee said. “I believe this is huge for the whole community of Bellevue and it shines a spotlight on this community and brings recognition to Bellevue ISD.”
Saint Jo had a couple of athletes barley miss the cut with third place finishes. Logan Brawner finished third in the 200 meters and long jump. Collin Thomas finished third in the 800 meters.
Other 1A area athletes who finished among the top six in their event and scored their team points included: Saint Jo’s Noble Koelzer in the 400 meters, Gold-Burg’s Will Hodges in the 110 meter and 300 meter hurdles, Saint Jo’s Dawson Everson in the pole vault, Saint Jo’s Brawner in the triple and the Saint Jo boy’s 4×400 relay team.
For the 3A schools Nocona and Bowie, just getting through prelims was an accomplishment.
The Indians Trent Sappington made it to the 400 meter finals and finished fifth, the highest place for either school.
The Lady Indians Allie Brown’s seventh place finish in the 3200 meters was the second highest.
The Lady Rabbits highest finisher was Jayci Logan placing ninth in the 200 meters in the prelims.
The state meet is scheduled for May 6-8 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
Allen is scheduled to compete at 11:30 a.m. on May 8. Embry is scheduled to run at 6:05 p.m. on May 8.
Results for all area school competitors are listed 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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