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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played in their first tournament during the weekend while traveling to Denton Ryan.
Competing against only big schools with the Lady Indians being the only 3A school there, Nocona did well overall going 5-3 while making it to the silver bracket.
The first day of the tournament did not go well. The Lady Indians lost both of their games on Thursday to Aubrey and Frisco Contennial.
Friday went better for Nocona.
The team rebounded to win matches against Fort Worth South Hills, Fort Worth Eastern Hills and Dallas Pinkston without dropping a set.
Playing in the silver bracket on Saturday, the Lady Indians lost their first game to Springtown.
Nocona finished out the day strong with close wins against Lubbock High School and Dallas Bryan Adams.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted county 3A team Nocona’s JV squad on Friday in their second game of the season.
The Lady Panthers stayed undefeated as they won in straight sets against the Lady Indians JV team.
The first set was the most competitive as Saint Jo barely won 26-24. After picking up that win, sets two and three went the Lady Panthers way without much drama winning 25-15 and 25-17.
Kayden Skidmore led the team with eight kills while adding five assists and two aces. Taylor Patrick led the team with nine assists. Aubrey Morman had a team high three aces while adding five kills.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs traveled to Bryson to play in their first tournament last week.
The Lady Bulldogs came away with a 3-1 record, only losing their final game of the tournament.
Prairie Valley first played district opponent Gold-Burg and won 25-11, 25-11. Next the Lady Bulldogs played 4A Graham’s freshman team. Prairie Valley won in straight sets 25-11 and 25-9.
Next the Lady Bulldogs had a rematch with Perrin-Whitt, who they beat earlier in the week. It was the same result as Prairie Valley again won in straight sets 25-18 and 25-13.
The Lady Bulldogs ended the tournament on a down note with a tough loss to Wildorado. After losing a close first set 25-23, Prairie Valley won the second set 25-17 to force a third and final set.
Wildorado would win the set 25-17 to win the match and the Lady Bulldogs their first loss of the season.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears got their first action last weekend playing in a tournament at Bryson.
The Lady Bears went 2-2 overall at the tournament as the team was able to do some good things.
Gold-Burg got an early test in its first match of the tournament against district opponent Prairie Valley.
The Lady Bears fell in the first match losing by scores of 25-15 and 25-11.
Gold-Burg bounced back though.
The Lady Bears beat 4A Graham’s freshman team in straight sets 25-15 and 25-13.
They then beat Perrin-Whitt in a back and forth three-set match with scores of 25-22, 18-25 and 25-14.
To read the full stories, pick up a copy of mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The 19th annual Bullfest came to the county on May 4, hosted at the Saint Jo Rodeo Arena. With bulls provided Big L Rodeo Company, Locke Bucking Bulls and more, it attracted many great riders, both local and farther away. In the end, it was Colby Deel from Jacksboro who won the the senior division round. The junior division winner was Ringo Stummer from Mountain Springs.
To see more photos, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
With the track season firmly over this year, one school went out of its way to encourage its athletes to not only improve on their totals, but set some school records this season.
Brenna Briles set the school record in the girl’s high jump (5-4), triple jump (33 feet), 100 meters (13.11) and the 200 meters (27.87).
Kayden Dill set the school record boy’s 100 meters (11.08) and 200 meters (23.47). Tye Reid set the boy’s 110 meter hurdles record at 18.7 seconds. Jesse Wadsworth set the boy’s 800 meters record with a time of 2:06.
Some relay teams also set some records. The boy’s 4×100 meter team of Jeremiah Perez, Kyler Willett, Will Johnson and Dill set the record with the time of 45.29 seconds.
The 4×400 meter relay team with Christian Binanti, Johnson, Willett and Wadsworth ran a time of 3:40.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs will be seeing a new face around the gym and fields next fall with the hiring of a new Athletic Director and Head Coach, Kent Caruthers.
Caruthers will be replacing Coach Seth Stephens, who has accepted a coaching job in LaPoynor, moving closer to his family and hometown. Although Coach Stephens will be missed after six years of being a part of the Prairie Valley family, Coach Caruthers will step into his new role with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Coach Caruthers has coached basketball, football, volleyball, cross country, track and golf.
He has a well-rounded background, which makes him the perfect candidate for a 1A coaching position.
He comes, most recently, from Matagorda where he was the athletic director, boys basketball, volleyball, and track coach.
He spent the majority of his coaching career at Tolar, where he was the head boys basketball coach, defensive coordinator for the varsity football team and head golf coach.
His record and experience speak for themselves, but when asked why he felt led to apply for this position, he said that the move north is all about coaching good kids.
His coaching philosophy revolves around hard work, stating “A winner is someone who recognizes their God-given talents, works their tail off developing the talents into skills and uses these skills to accomplish their goals.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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