SPORTS
Bowie ready for district meet
The Bowie cross country team ran with some local teams like Prairie Valley and Bellevue on Wednesday at Henrietta Midway.
The Jackrabbit boy’s team finished first while both Prairie Valley teams finished third. The boy’s from Bellevue finished fourth and the girls finished fifth.
The Bowie boy’s team top runner was Nathan Rodgers who finished third overall with a time of 19:47.
The Jackrabbits top five runners included Sebastian Martinez (5), James Allison (8), Ignacio Saucedo (9) and Alex Castro (12).
The Lady Rabbits team had four runners, one short to compete as a team. The top runner for Bowie was Samantha Clarke who finished second overall with a time of 14:32. Her teammates all finished among the top 20 runners: Hadley Morris (14), Jojo Villarreal (17) and Nye Perez (19).
Coach Andy Atkins is happy where his team is at heading into next week’s district meet.
“Samantha Clarke is very focused on district for Monday,” Atkins said. “I’m very excited to see how she will do. Our boy’s team is about as ready as they can be. They are determined to run well on Monday.”
The boy’s team hopes to defend its district title as it competes on Oct. 11 at Holliday High School.
The Bulldog team was led by Eli Croxton, who finished fourth overall with a time of 19:59. Prairie Valley’s top five runners also included Michael Cole (6), Tyson Easterling (17), Konner Ritchie (18) and Kooper Croxton (30).
Coach Seth Stephens hopes his team is ready for district despite dealing with health issues all season long.
“Heading into the district meet we have a lot of unknowns as a team,” Stephens said. “We haven’t had a single meet where we’ve had all of our top seven runners able to participate so I’m not sure what to expect as far as where we’ll end up compared to everyone else.”
The Lady Bulldogs were led by Linzie Priddy who finished third overall with a time of 15:01. The top five runners for Prairie Valley also included Karagan Ritchie (9), Veronica Gutierrez (28), Natalee Young (29) and Emily Carpenter (35).
The team hopes to keep up its streak of qualifying for the regional meet.
The Bellevue boy’s team was led by Jayson Gill who finished 13th with a time of 21:37. The team’s top five runners included Terrance Perry (14), Kason Roper (21), Gavin Parr (22) and Josh Benson (29).
The Bellevue Lady Eagle’s team was led by Grace Martin who finished sixth overall with a time of 15:33. The girl’s top five runners also included Austin Ford (18), Callie Martin (25), Patience Ramsey (34) and Rosealee C (39).
Both Prairie Valley and Bellevue are set to compete at the district meet on Oct. 13 at Bowie’s Pellham Park.
For results for all of the high school runners from Bowie, Prairie Valley and Bellevue, 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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