SPORTS
Bowie boys lose first district game
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost their first district game on Friday at City View.
The reigning district champ Mustangs beat the Jackrabbits 74-50 in an offensive fire show Bowie just could not keep up with.
City View swept through the district last year undefeated before going three rounds deep in the playoffs. The Mustangs are picked to do it again as the eighth ranked team in the state from the most recent poll. City View is long and athletic and led by brothers Jaeden and Chris Whitten.
The first quarter was a fireball of a start for both sides as the teams combined for nearly 40 points.
Bowie came out making several 3-pointers and dumping it off inside to Riley Blackburn for finishes around the rim. The Jackrabbits scored a game high for them 17 points.
Unfortunately, it was not enough to keep up with the Mustangs.
City View scored 22 points in the quarter, with 14 coming from the brother duo.
Not much was different in the second quarter for the Mustangs as they scored 20 points. Bowie’s offense took a bit of a dip as the team made no 3-pointer during the quarter.
Brody Armstrong scored six points as the Jackrabbits did not struggle to score, but it was not enough to keep up as they trailed by double-digits 42-29 at halftime.
The third quarter was a complete tone shift as neither team scored much. Both teams combined to score 20 points, though City View got the small advantage scoring 11-9 during the period.
This did not help Bowie much as the team still trailed by quite a bit 53-38.
At one point it looked like the Jackrabbits were about to get the score under 10 points by cutting the lead to 53-41. Unfortunately, that would be as close as they would get.
The Mustangs offense took advantage of the high pace again in the fourth quarter and scored more than 20 points again and brother duo combined for 48 points in the game. Bowie failed to keep up which made the final margin worse than the team would have liked.
City View won 74-50.
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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