SPORTS
1A track teams compete at area meet
The 1A track teams competed at the area meet on Thursday at Bryson and many schools had athletes qualify for the regional meet.
In the team standings, the Saint Jo boy’s team did the best as it finished first overall. Forestburg and Gold-Burg teams followed in fifth and sixth place while Bellevue finished 11th and Prairie Valley finished 13th.
On the girl’s side, Saint Jo was the top finisher in the district finishing in seventh place. Forestburg was right behind in eight place. Prairie Valley, Bellevue and Gold-Burg followed right after the other in 11-13th place.
Going event by event, there was usually one athlete or team that finished in the top four to qualify for the regional event.
On the boy’s side, Kani Grace from Gold-Burg and Jonathan Diaz from Saint Jo both qualified in the 100 meter race. In the 400 meter race Dylan Brockman from Saint Jo qualified. The 800 meter race saw Collin Thomas from Saint Jo not only qualify but win the event. In the 3200 meter race, Isaac Renteria from Gold-Burg and Eli Croxton from Prairie Valley both qualified.
The 110 meter hurdles saw Mathew Sampson from Saint Jo win while Tye Reid from Forestburg and Sergio Andrade from Gold-Burg also qualified. The 300 meter hurdles had Dawson Everson, Mathew Sampson and Caleb Workman from Saint Jo all qualify.
In the 4×100 meter relay, the teams from Forestburg, Saint Jo and Gold-Burg all qualified. The 4×200 relay saw the team from Saint Jo win while the Forestburg team also qualified. The 4×400 relay was the same story as Saint Jo won the event and Forestburg qualified.
In the high jump, Devin Stewart from Saint Jo qualified. In the long jump, Jayon Grace from Gold-Burg qualified. The pole vault saw Dawson Everson and Chandler Parr from Saint Jo qualify along with Tyler Winkler from Prairie Valley.
In the shot put, Kani Grace from Gold-Burg, Braxton Osteen from Forestburg and Terrance Perry from Bellevue all qualified. Perry also would win the discus event while Osteen would qualify in the event.
On the girl’s side, Elaina Everson from Saint Jo qualified in the 200 meter race. In the 100 meter hurdles, Reagan Ladewig from Forestburg quailed. The 300 meter hurdles saw Taylor Patrick from Saint Jo qualify.
In the 800 meters Justynne Roller from Forestburg qualified. In the 1600 and 3200 meter races, Grace Martin from Bellevue would qualify. Linzie Priddy from Prairie Valley joined her in the 3200 meter race.
In the 4×100 and 4×200 meter relays, only the team from Saint Jo would end up qualifying.
In the field events, Madisen Deason from Forestburg ended up qualifying in the high jump. In the pole vault, Emma Stout and Makaylee Gomez both tied and ended up qualifying.
The shot put saw Ladewig from Forestburg also qualify in the event. In the discus, Emily Carpenter would end up qualifying in the event.
The regional meet is scheduled for April 29-30 at Whitney High School where oly the top two finishers in each event will be guaranteed a spot at the state meet.
To see individual results from every athlete from Saint Jo, Forestburg, Prairie Valley, Gold-Burg and Bellevue, pick up a copy of 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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