SPORTS
Basketball Roundup
Prairie Valley
Both Prairie Valley basketball teams fell to district power Slidell at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs lost 68-22 and the Bulldogs lost 72-40 as both teams continued to fight for the district’s final playoff spot.
The Prairie Valley girl’s team was able to limit the Lady Greyhounds on the defensive side, but unfortunately had trouble breaking through Slidell’s full-court press on offense.
Karagan Ritchie led the team with nine points followed by Carmen and Makaylee Gomez with seven and six points.
The Prairie Valley boy’s chances of winning the game went away when Slidell went on a run to close the first quarter. That put the Bulldogs in a hole early on they could not dig their way out of.
Despite the team competing well the rest of the way, it was not enough to make up the lead. The Greyhounds led 12-7 in the second quarter and 20-17 in the third quarter.
When the fourth quarter came around, Prairie Valley did not have enough gas left to try and make up the difference.
Tyler Winkler led the team with 24 points while Isaac Yeargin was second with seven points.
Gold-Burg vs Bellevue boys
The Bellevue Eagles came away with a close win at Gold-Burg on Tuesday night.
The Eagles won 34-33 against a Bears team that for most of the game.
It was low scoring for both teams in the first half, but Gold-Burg was able to rebound in the second quarter by scoring 12 points to take a 15-8 lead at halftime.
The scoring picked up by both teams in the third quarter. Both teams scored 10 points each as Gold-Burg held on to its lead 25-18.
The Eagles were led by Terrance Perry though, who scored all 10 of his team’s points during the quarter.
The fourth saw Bellevue’s Kason Roper get in on the action as he scored 11 of his team’s 16 points. It was just enough to edge in front of Gold-Burg for the win 34-33, as the Bears went 2-8 from the free throw line in the final period.
For Bellevue, Perry led all scorers with 21 points while Roper finished with 12 points.
For Gold-Burg, Kolton Whitaker led the team with 13 points while Isaac Renteria was second with seven points.
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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