SPORTS
Prairie Valley hosts cross country meet
Prairie Valley hosted its cross country meet on Wednesday with runners from Saint Jo, Bellevue and three other schools competing as well.
The Prairie Valley boy’s finished second overall as the Bulldogs top three runners Eli Croxton, Tyler Winkler and Michael Cole finished third, fourth and fifth. The Bulldogs’ top five runners were rounded out by Konner Ritchie (15) and Isaac Yeargin (18).
Coach Seth Stephens has hopes his team can do well at the upcoming district meet if his team’s health continues to improve.
“We have had some tough breaks with injuries a couple of races in a row, but our guys aren’t giving up,” Stephens said. “Hopefully, if we can get healthy, we’ll be in position to have a good team race at district.”
The Lady Bulldogs top runner Linzie Priddy finished first by more than 30 seconds with a time of 13:50.
Prairie Valley’s top five runners also included Karagan Ritchie (7), Natalee Young (12), Makaylee Gomez (13) and Veronica Gutierrez (16).
Coach Jeannie Carpenter thought her runners ran well though there was some surprises with the finish order.
“My runners did not finish in the order I expected, but that was a good surprise,” Carpenter said. “My younger runners are really stepping up and competing for one of the top spots on the team.”
The Saint Jo boy’s team finished third overall with top runner Collin Thomas finishing second with a time of 18:26. The team’s top five runners also included Devin Stewart (6), Kile Thurman (8), Jayden Curty (11) and Brice Durham (21).
On the girl’s side Aubrey Morman finished 14th with a time of 17:20 and Kate Sherwin finished 23 with a time of 19:25.
Coach Lyndon Cook thought his team ran well, but the results could have been better if some runners were not missing with injuries.
“It another good run for all the athletes as we were able to cut down on our times in some key spots,” Cook said. “If we were running with our full roster I would have liked to think we could have come home with the team championship.”
There is one more meet scheduled before the district meet. Prairie Valley is set to race at the district preview in Bowie on Oct. 6. Saint Jo is planning to go to a meet in Muenster on Oct. 6.
To see results from high school runners from Prairie Valley, Saint Jo 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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