SPORTS
State cross country meet on Nov. 5
The state cross country meet is scheduled for Nov. 5-6 at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock.
From Montague County five individual runners from 1A schools will compete against the best the state has to offer.
From Saint Jo, Collin Thomas and Devin Stewart both qualified for the meet. From Prairie Valley, Eli Croxton and Linzie Priddy both qualified. From Gold-Burg, Isaac Renteria qualified.
All five finished among the top 10 individuals in their race at the regional meet on Oct. 26.
How it works is the top four teams qualify together, so any runner who is on that team does not count among the individual qualifiers.
This mattered in the boy’s race as Thomas was one of only two runners not from a school that qualified together. Thomas, making his third straight appearance at the state meet, finished fifth while running a season best 17:49. His best finish at the state meet came last year when he finished 14th.
Prairie Valley’s Croxton finished 16th overall but was the fifth individual runner to qualify. The junior is making his first trip to the state meet and ran an 18:43.
Only a couple of spots back in 19th place, but the sixth individual qualifier, Gold-Burg freshman Renteria ran 18:48.
Grabbing the 10th and final individual spot was Saint Jo freshman Stewart, who finished 26th overall and ran a 19:06.
The girls race was different among the top. Only two girls from among the four teams that qualified, finished in the top 10. Even if there would have been none, Prairie Valley freshman Priddy would have been fine. She finished ninth overall, or seventh among individual qualifiers, with a time of 13:02.
Priddy has a good mindset that her final race of the season on Friday is not the end.
“I keep reminding myself that I am just a freshman and no matter how the race turns out, it is just the beginning for me,” Priddy said.
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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