SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona play in Buckle Up for Lane tournament
Bowie took part in Nocona’s hosted Buckle Up for Lane Tournament last weekend and both teams did well enough to make it into the gold bracket on Saturday.
The Lady Rabbits had a chance to play for third place, but came up short while the Lady Indians went into the consolation bracket.
In pool play, Bowie’s group was one team short compared to everyone else. The Lady Rabbits won a tough three-set match against Windthorst to start the tournament, but would next lose a three-set match to Lindsay. The Lady Rabbits then beat district opponent City View easily enough to finish pool play.
With the top three teams in the pool (Bowie, Windthorst, Lindsay) all losing matches against one another, it came down to defensive points to decide which two would go on to the gold bracket. The Lady Rabbits finished four points better than Lindsay to earn the final spot in their pool.
Nocona started pool play with easy straight set wins against Bryson and Valley View. The Lady Indians lost a tough three-set match against Archer City before rebounding to beat Jacksboro easily to earn a spot in the gold bracket as well.
Bowie’s first match in bracket play was against a team it has seen a lot of in the first month of the season Alvord. The Lady Rabbits won easily in straight sets to move on.
Nocona was not so lucky as the team played Windthorst. The Lady Indians lost both sets by narrow margins to the Lady Trojans to be sent to the consolation side of the bracket.
Bowie next played district foe Henrietta and lost both sets to fall short of the championship match. The Lady Rabbits did play one more match for third place in a rematch against fellow pool team Windthorst.
Unlike the first match however, the Lady Trojans came out on top this time, winning in straight sets that were both close as Bowie finished fourth overall.
Nocona played Ponder in the consolation side. It went to three sets as each one could have gone either way. In the end it was the Lady Lions who came out on top in a close third set, giving them a ticket to play for the consolation championship while the Lady Indians tournament was over.
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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