SPORTS
All-state lists announced
Some all-state honors and academic honors have been given out for athletes who participated in fall sports.
Several athletes were named to all-state teams for their play on the field while many more were honored for their work in the classroom.
In volleyball, the Texas Girls Coaching Association named Bowie’s Taygon Jones and Prairie Valley’s Emily Carpenter to the all-state team.
In cross country the TGCA named Prairie Valley’s Linzie Priddy to the all-state team.
In football, the Six-man Association named several players from Saint Jo and Gold-Burg to its teams.
The Panthers had Logan Brawner named to the division I first team while Jace Johnson was named to the second team.
Trevor Conner, Payton Harris and Jonathan Diaz were named to the honorable mention team.
The Bears had Aidan Foster and brothers Kani and Jayon Grace named to the division II honorable mention team.
Academic all-state honors were given by the Texas High School Coaches Association as well as the TGCA.
The TGCA criteria says they must be seniors and must have a grade point average of 94 or above to qualify.
From Bowie Halle Duvall and Jones were named to the list in volleyball.
From Prairie Valley, Randi Gilleland, Veronica Gutierrez and Carpenter were named academic all-state in both volleyball and cross country. From Nocona, Natalie Pirkey was named academic all-state in cross country.
For the THSCA, the criteria is an athlete must be a senior, have a GPA of 92 above and good moral character.
The athletes class rank as well as SAT and/or ACT scores are also considered as well. Athletes can be named in the elite team, first team, second team and honorable mention by how high their scores are.
From Bowie, football players Colby Miller and Jacob Fallis were named to the second and honorable mention team. Cross country runners Anahi Perez and Ignacio Saucedo were named to the second team.
From Nocona, football player Trey Pepper was named to the prestigious elite team that requires almost perfect scores. Teammate Charlie Hilton was named to the second team.
Nocona cross country runner Allesandro Rico was named to the second team while teammates Adam Meekins, Allie Brown, Raylee Sparkman as well as Pirkey again were named to the honorable mention team.
In volleyball, Karlee Brown, Rosio Perez and Pirkey were named to the honorable mention team.
The full lists can be found at each organizations web sites. If an all-state or academic all-state list was missed email sports@bowienewsonline.com.
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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