SPORTS
Bowie beats Porcupines 71-58
The Bowie Jackrabbits picked up an entertaining win against Springtown at home on Tuesday night.
The Jackrabbits won 71-58 in a game in which they led from the beginning against the Porcupines.
The first quarter was a little slow going. Springtown kept trying to bully-ball its way to the basket despite not having good height. The Porcupines were met with tough contests and a few blocks from Bowie, but did get to the free throw line a bit.
On the other side, the Jackrabbits were at their most lethal getting out in transition for good looks from 3-point range or layups. Cade Thompson scored eight of the team’s 12 points in the first quarter as Bowie led 12-8 heading into the second quarter.
This was where the Jackrabbits pulled away. Bowie’s full court press started to up the tempo of the game which benefited the better offensive Jackrabbits.
Six different players scored for Bowie as the team almost doubled its first quarter scoring with 22 points. The Porcupines could not keep up as the Jackrabbits led 34-20 at halftime.
Both teams played even in the third quarter as the offensive pace stayed pretty fast. Springtown were making more field goals and more of its free throw attempts to keep up with Bowie’s pace, but with the margin being more than 20 points as times it never seemed close. The Jackrabbits led 51-37 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Porcupines cut it to 10 points late as they tried to bring full court pressure to stage a comeback. Bowie never panicked and continued to score at a furious pace, ending the game scoring 23 points in the final period as it won 71-58.
To read the full story, 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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