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Bowie, Nocona track compete at area meet
Athletes from Bowie and Nocona competed at the area track meet on Thursday night in Breckenridge for a chance to qualify for the regional meet.
As far as team scores go, the Nocona girls did the best finishing 10th out of 15 teams. Both the Bowie boys and girls teams finished 11th while the Nocona boy’s team finished 15th.
The Lady Indian’s Graci Brown was the only Montague County athlete who won an event at the meet.
She finished first in the 400 meters to qualify for the regional meet. While she didn’t qualify in the long jump, her sixth place finish did score a point toward the team total.
She also ran in Nocona’s 4×400 meter relay team that finished fifth along with Avery Crutsinger, Melissa Segura and Raylee Sparkman. Unfortunately, it was one place short of qualifying for regionals.
Allie Brown was the other Lady Indian athlete to qualify for regionals as she finished fourth in the 3200 meter race.
The Lady Rabbits top finisher was Anahi Perez who got second in the 100 meter hurdles. She didn’t qualify in the 300 meter hurdles, but her sixth place finish did score her team a point.
Samantha Clarke was the other Bowie girl who qualified as she finished fourth in the 1600 meter race. She fell one place short of qualifying in the 3200 meter race as she finished fifth.
The Lady Rabbits 4×200 meter relay that featured Harlei Hudson, Ziba Robbins, Taygon Jones and Hannah Love finished one place short of qualifying in fifth place.
Jones in the 100 meter, Robbins in the 200 meter and Laisha Johnson running the 400 meter races all finished seventh overall.
On the boy’s side, only Bowie’s Tucker Jones qualified for the regional meet. Jones finished third in the 110 meter hurdles and fourth in the 300 meter hurdles.
He was one place short of qualifying in the long jump finishing in fifth place.
The Jackrabbits only other competitor Nathan Rodgers ended up coming in sixth place in the 3200 meter race to score a point towards the team total.
The Nocona boy’s top finisher was Cooper Waldrip who was one spot short of qualifying for the regional meet in the 300 meter hurdles, where he finished in fifth place.
The Indians other two athletes, Freddy Duran in the 3200 meters and Caden Gaston in the triple jump, both finished eighth overall.
The regional meet is scheduled for April 29-30 at Abilene Christian University.
Only the top two finishers in each event will be guaranteed a spot at the state meet in Austin in May.
To see results for all of the Bowie and Nocona athletes, 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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