SPORTS
Oil Bowl list for area athletes
The 84th Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic is scheduled to happen June 19.
A year after the cancelation of the event due to COVID-19, 2021 plans are to get back to normal including basketball and volleyball games along with the long running football game.
Selections are from the top senior players in the Wichita Falls area, including several from Montague County and surrounding areas.
From Bowie, Ty Harris was the only player selected from the county to play in the football game on the East team. The 1,000 yard rusher and first team all-district selection is committed to play football at McMurry University.
Other Bowie athletes include key bench player Tru’Vion Sansom getting selected for the boy’s basketball game.
From the Lady Rabbits basketball team, the district’s defensive most valuable player and all-state selection Jayci Logan and all-district second team sharpshooter Camberley Gunter were selected.
From Nocona, first team all-district selection Landry McCasland was picked for the boy’s basketball all-star game.
The Lady Indians volleyball team had first team all-district libero Laramie Hayes and second team outside hitter Laci Stone get selected to the all-star game.
From the Nocona girl’s basketball team the highly decorated Averee Kleinhans, who is heading to West Texas A&M to play basketball, and first team all-district selection Sydni Messer were selected to play.
Also honored from Nocona girl’s basketball, Coach Kyle Spitzer is slated to coach one of the teams.
From Saint Jo, district MVP Hannah Relying was selected to play in the volleyball game while first team all-district guard Cade Stevens was selected for the boy’s basketball game.
From Prairie Valley, second team all-district performer Hailey Winkler was selected to play in the girl’s basketball game.
From Bellevue, the district’s defensive MVP Sky-Lar Embry was also picked to play in the girl’s basketball game.
From Gold-Burg, first team all-district player Taylor Lyons is selected to play in the volleyball game.
The football game is scheduled for June 19. Venues, times as well as dates for the other games have not been released at this time.
To see pictures of all athletes named in the 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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