SPORTS
Bowie hosts second Rhonda’s Relays
Bowie hosted its Rhonda’s Relays track meet on Thursday that had 12 schools compete.
The Lady Rabbit team finished second overall and only one point behind first place Boyd.
Bowie girl’s standouts included Anahi Perez finishing first in the 100 meter hurdles event and the 4×100 meter relay team finishing first.
Other top finishers who contributed towards the team’s total included: Perez finishing second in the 300 meter hurdles; Neely Price finishing second in the high jump and fourth in the 300 meter hurdles; the 4×200 meter relay team finishing third; Laisha Johnson finishing third in the 400 meter race; Taygon Jones finishing fourth in the 100 meter race; Samantha Clark finishing fifth in both the 800 and 1600 meter races and Ziba Robbins finishing sixth in the 200 meter race and the 4×400 team finishing sixth overall.
The Nocona Lady Indians finished fifth overall at the meet and also had several standouts. Graci Brown won both the 200 and 400 meter races while finishing second in the long jump.
Allie Brown finished second in the 3200 meter race and fourth in the 1600 meters.
Raylee Sparkman finished fourth in the 400 meter race while Jayce Rose finished fourth in the 800 meters. Avery Crutsinger finished fifth in the discus and sixth in the 300 meter hurdles.
The Bowie boy’s team finished fourth overall and got most of its scoring from field events.
Coleton Price finished second in the shot put and sixth in the discus. Tucker Jones finished second in the long jump.
Aiden Lawhorn finished third in the high jump. Johnnie Arenas finished fourth in the shot put.
Sebastian Martinez finished fifth in the 800 meter race. Jaxson Johnston and Brody Armstrong finished fifth and sixth in the high jump. The teams only relay team in the meet, competing in the 4×200 meter relay, finished fifth overall.
The Nocona Indians team finished tied for ninth overall.
The team’s top finisher was Caden Gaston who finished second in the triple jump. Michael Wetmore would go on to finish sixth in the long jump.
The Indians only running event were the 4×100 and the 4×400 meter relay teams, who finished sixth and third overall.
Times and distances for varsity competitors from Bowie and Nocona who finished among the top six are in the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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