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.
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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