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Volleyball 1A all-district list revealed
With the volleyball state tournament done with, all of the volleyball all-district award lists have been released.
For the four 1A volleyball teams in Montague County, their athletes have been honored by the collection of coaches in their districts.
Usually the better a team fared within district play the more players are honored.
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers finished as co-district champions with Graford. Because of that, the team had the most superlative awards.
Kayden Skidmore was named co-offensive player of the year. Elaina Everson was named the district’s libero of the year. Taylor Patrick was named the district’s newcomer of the year.
After those names Aubrey Morman and Krista Reeves were named to the district’s first team list while Cara Vogel was named to the district’s second team.
Prairie Valley finished third in it’s district despite going three rounds deep in the playoffs. Emily Carpenter was the team’s only superlative winner, earning the district’s co-outstanding server.
Brianna Harris and Veronica Gutierrez were named to the district’s first team list. Carmen Gomez, Randi Gilleland and Karagan Ritchie were named to the district’s second team.
Gold-Burg just missed out on making the playoffs this year with a tougher district. Kelly Contreras and Ashlyn Brown were named to the district’s first team. Sadie Whitaker and Sierra Weaver named to the district’s second team.
Forestburg finished fourth place in its district. Faith Moore, Reagan Ladewig and Rebeca Sanchez were named to its district’s first team list. Bailey Payne and Kenal Cross were named to the district second team list.
To see the full list for all four schools, including players named to the honorable mention list and named academic all-district, 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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