SPORTS
County has five kids qualify for state
Montague County teams competed at regional tennis tournaments on Monday and Tuesday and several players broke through this year.
Five players from 1A schools ended up finishing among the top two in their brackets to qualify for the state meet.
The girl’s doubles team of Kelly Contreras and Shadie Whitaker from Gold-Burg won the region, winning the finals in straight sets. The mixed doubles team of Veronica Gutierrez and Isaac Yeargin from Prairie Valley and girls singles player Jacqueline Hanna from Saint Jo both earned second to advance.
Contreras and Whitaker came into the tournament after earning second place at the district meet. This meant the team had to play other district champions the whole tournament. Despite the odds being stacked against them, the duo dropped only one set all tournament in their second match against a team from Lingleville.
“Kelly was attacking the net and Shadie was playing back,” Coach Cheryl Cromleigh said. “Their serves were clicking and they were hitting beautiful passing shots. We have been working the last two weeks on net strategy, switching and all that and it paid off.”
The pair are the first Gold-Burg tennis players to advance to state since at least the 1980s according Cromleigh.
It has also been a long time for a Prairie Valley tennis player to advance to state (1995) as Yeargin and Gutierrez break that streak. The team lost to fellow district team Midway in the championship game.
The duo were then forced to play a team from Gustine for a chance to go to state.
It took three sets, but the pair closed out the third set in convincing fashion 6-2 to finish second overall.
Coach Stephanie West was proud of the mixed doubles team.
“Words can not describe how proud I am of Isaac and Veronica for qualifying for the state tennis meet,” West said. “Isaac and Veronica put in the extra practice despite their busy schedules and worked hard to earn the chance to qualify for state.”
Hanna finished second in girls singles as Coach Charlie Hamilton was ecstatic for her.
“I am beyond excited for Jacqueline, she has worked very hard for years to get to this point,” Hamilton said. “She is determined and has a good mind set heading to the state tournament.”
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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