SPORTS
Area has 14 players compete at Oil Bowl
Montague County and Bellevue had 14 recent graduates play in the Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl games this weekend.
Friday night started with the most area athletes competing for the final time in the girl’s basketball game. From Bowie Jayci Logan and Jasmine Jones were joined by Prairie Valley’s Hailey Winkler on the east team.
From Nocona Sydni Messer was joined by Bellevue’s Sky-Lar Embry on the west team. Nocona’s Averee Kleinhans made a late flight back from Colorado to serve as an honorary assistant coach since she was not allowed to play in the game due to her recent signing at the University of Northern Colorado.
The east won pretty easily 43-30. Embry led the west with 12 points was one point shy of the game high. Logan scored six points, Messer three and Jones two points.
It also was the last chance on the coaches side as departing Bowie Head and Assistant Coaches Joe Crabb and Jaimie Hickey got the win against Nocona’s Kyle Spitzer and assistant Coach Clayton Brown. Spitzer had a 4-0 record before losing in the all star game.
The boy’s basketball game was even more lopsided, but all three Montague County athletes were able to be on the winning east team.
Landry McCasland from Nocona, Tru’Vion Sansom from Bowie and Cade Stevens from Saint Jo contributed to the 79-59 win in small ways beyond scoring as they rode Callisburg’s Landon Condiff’s game high 27 points. Sansom scored four points and McCasland scored two points.
On Saturday, the volleyball game was split into two games. Players from 2A and 1A schools played in one game while players from schools 3A and bigger played in another game.
In the smaller school game, Gold-Burg’s Taylor Lyons and Saint Jo’s Hannah Reyling played on opposite sides. The two spent much of their high school careers usually starting their season with a scrimmage match against the other’s team.
Reyling came out on top as the east team won in straight sets 25-19 and 25-21.
In the big school game, Nocona teammates Laci Stone and Laramie Hayes were separated and played against each other for only the second time in their lives. Hayes’ west team came out on top in straight sets winning 25-23 and 25-19.
The festivities ended with the 84th playing of the all star football game. Only Bowie’s Ty Harris played in the game from Montague County.
The McMurray University commit played almost every defensive snap at safety for the east squad as his team won a surprisingly close game 23-17. Despite some early game altercations between the two teams that resulted in some fighting, it was a fun end to the weekend.
To see photos from the weekend, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its’ second consecutive playoff trip, Bowie’s volleyball team gave it a valiant effort against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy. The Eagles proved to be too much with an athletic frontcourt proving too much in a 3-0 win (25-20,25-21,25-18) Oct. 29 at Breckenridge High.
Bowie led midway though all three sets but the Eagles were able to come from behind and pull out the win.
The Eagles got out quickly with a 5-0 lead in the opener. The Lady Rabbits showed some gumption and stormed right back with a Taelyn Webb dink breaking serve. Junior Molly Enlow rolled off four points to knot the game at five. KP Rutherford’s kil kept the drive alive.
Olivia Stewart’s kill set the stage for Serenity Klump’s three-point string. Frontcourt work by Ellie Mowery and Stewart allowed Bowie to take a 10-9 lead. Bowie maintained the lead thanks to dinks by Abby Reneau and Stewart, which forced the Eagles into a timeout.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In its first playoff game of 2026, Saint Jo took control after a slow start and wound up cruising past Garner 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) in a Class A area round game Nov. 2.
The Lady Panthers will face Strawn, which swept Crowell in the area round, next. No further details were available as of press time.
The Lady Longhorns showed they were ready to play in the early going, getting out to a 9-4 lead in game one. Saint Jo broke serve and used a pair of Kamron Skidmore points, aided by Savannah Hill kills on both points to get within one.
Garner led by six midway through the set before Hill’s five-point serving run, helped along by a Skidmore kill to draw within 13-14. A Skidmore kill was followed by two Skidmore points, including an ace, to tie the game at 19.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Several county schools will have runners at the state cross country meet Nov. 7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Bowie, which qualified for regionals with a 3rd place finish at the District 6-3A Meet, will have both Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater, who finished in the top 10 individually. Willett finished 3rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10th with a time of 16:51.60.
Other Rabbits competing were Hayden Cox with a time of 18:56.30, Hayden Sutton in 19:41.60, Taven Melton in 19:59.20. Coleman Holloway in 20:26.80and Jaxon Castro in 20:56.10.
The top 10 individuals and top four teams from each region qualify for State.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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