SPORTS
County has five tennis players qualify for state
The county had five individuals qualify for the state meet at the regional tennis tournaments on Monday and Tuesday this week.
Gold-Burg had the girl’s doubles team of Kelly Contreras and Shadie Whitaker finish second and qualify for state for the second straight year.
They were joined by Prairie Valley mixed doubles team of Isaac Yeargin and Veronica Gutierrez finishing second and qualifying for the second year as well.
The newcomer was from Gold-Burg and it was twin Sadie Whitaker who finished second in girl’s singles to qualify for state.
The 1A meet was at Whitney High School and the conditions for the second day of the tournament produced light rain and swirling winds to play through.
Contreras and Whitaker had a first round bye at the tournament before beating teams from Throckmorton (6-0, 6-1) and Richland Springs (6-0, 7-5) to reach the championship game. There they lost to a team from Priddy (6-3, 6-3) to finish second overall.
Sadie had more matches to play, winning against a player from Bloomberg (6-1, 6-0), from Rochelle (6-3, 6-3) and then had a tough three-set win against a player from Graford (6-3, 3-6, 6-3). Sadie would then lose in the championship match against a player from Slidell.
Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was happy her girl’s doubles team gets to go back to state and will be joined by Sadie who went with them last just as a support.
Prairie Valley’s Yeargin and Gutierrez got a bye in the first round before beating teams from Throckmorton and Gustine in two sets each. They then lost to the team that beat them in district from Midway, but played Lingleville last for a chance to get the final state spot.
It went three sets, but the Bulldog team was able to pull it out to qualify for the state meet once again.
Not all teams and individuals ended up qualifying for the state meet. Prairie Valley had Tyler Winkler and Eli Croxton battling in boy’s singles. Winkler made it to the second round, but Croxton advanced to the fourth round and was playing for third place. Croxton would lose the close match to end his day.
From Saint Jo, the girl’s doubles team of Kate Sherwin and Kyler Dunn. The team won both matches pretty easily with scores of 6-2, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-2.
The second day saw the team face off against the tournament’s eventual champion team from Priddy.
The Lady Panthers lost in two sets, but competed better than the scores (6-1, 6-2) would indicate.
The girls played a team from Richland Springs in the final match for third place. Richland Springs would win 6-2, 6-3. Bowie had two players, Addi Eichler and Braden Case, compete at Abilene in the singles tournament. Unfortunately, results were not given by the time of our deadline.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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