SPORTS
Football kicks off this week
Bowie vs Nocona
Bowie will welcome Nocona to its newer football field for the first time ever on Friday night.
Last year’s game was the rival schools’ first since 2009 in football as the Jackrabbits won mostly with a first half effort in a one-sided affair 35-6.
The programs are at different points in their developments coming into this season. Bowie Coach Cory Mandrell is entering his third year and finally had a full uninterrupted offseason to prepare for the season.
The Indians are hoping to rebound this year after winning one game last season. Coach Blake Crutsinger takes over a young team that has seen growth week after week in practice as the team learns new systems on both sides of the ball.
Crutsinger knows the challenge ahead of his team as they start their fight back towards respect.
The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 27 at Jackrabbit Stadium.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers start off their season with a bang playing the defending state champions of the Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship private school division.
The Panthers will travel to Wylie Prep Academy to play at 2 p.m. on Aug. 28 in a break from convention.
The Patriots went undefeated last year on their way to a state title. Despite losing to some offensive playmakers, they are still considered the top six-man team competing in the TCAF division in the state.
Coach Mark Stevens knows matching up with Wylie Prep’s spread offense will be a stylistic challenge his team will need to overcome which is one of the reasons why he scheduled the game.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears start their highly anticipated season at home playing a tough Perrin-Whitt team.
It is a rematch from last year’s opening game where the Bears came up just short losing 70-64. Despite the loss the fact that Gold-Burg was even competitive in that game last year was promising to see.
The Bears then went on to win six games to be the most successful team in school history.
This year, competing won’t be the goal. A win was possible last year and this year Gold-Burg now expects to against the Pirates.
The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 27.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns got dealt some unfortunate news on Monday as their first game this week was canceled due to COVID-19 protocol from opponent Lone Star North.
It will be treated as a bye-week and an opportunity for Coach Greg Roller to get ready for the team’s next opponent Wichita Christian.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of 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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