SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians hosted Pottsboro at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians won a tight match against the Lady Cardinals in four sets.
Nocona was hoping to keep some good momentum going following a fourth place finish at its hosted tournament.
Each set was competitive as the Lady Indians won with scores 25-21, 20-25, 25-20 and 25-22. Skyler Smith led the way for Nocona with 20 kills in the match.
The Lady Indians are next scheduled to host Burkburnett at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 6.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers wrecked Savoy on Tuesday night at home.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against a Lady Cardinals team they just overpowered in every way.
With the set scores being 25-8, 25-2 and 25-13, Saint Jo was just miles better than Savoy that night.
The young team will look to keep that going with a 10 a.m. start to Sept. 3 game against Petrolia at home.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns won an easy home on Tuesday night against a young Ector team.
The Lady Horns won in straight sets with little trouble against the overwhelmed Lady Eagles.
Forestburg won with set scores being 25-15, 25-10 and 25-13 on the strength of its serving and net play.
Justynne Roller led the team with eight service aces. Reagan Ladewig had a team high five kills and Allie Cisneros had four digs.
Coach Kayla Firth liked how her team worked together and supported each other on the court.
The Lady Horns are next scheduled to play at 5 p.m. on Sept. 6 at Savoy.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough match on Tuesday at 2A Alvord.
Alvord won in straight sets against Prairie Valley with the set scores being 25-14, 25-12 and 25-18.
Despite facing a playoff 2A team, there were some highlights to note for Coach Amanda Aldriedge.
She felt Kai Cearley had several great sets to Linzie Priddy throughout the match that the team was able to rally behind instead of just laying down against the bigger team.
Prairie Valley is next scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Sept. 6 at Valley View.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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