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Volleyball area all-district lists revealed

With the volleyball state titles being handed out a few weeks ago, all of the volleyball all-district awards have now been given out.
Bowie and Nocona teams were in different districts this year while all of the county’s 1A schools (Saint Jo, Prairie Valley, Gold-Burg, Forestburg) were in the same one for the first time.
The Lady Rabbits had one superlative player make the list.
Libero BJ Mills was named the district’s most valuable defender.
First team selections included Neely Price, Maddie Mandela and Jojo Villarreal. Second team selections were Gracie Duke, Olivia Gill and Ziba Robbins.
The Lady Indians had two superlative selections. Skyler Smith was named the district’s offensive most valuable player. Coach Kara Lucherk was named the district’s coach of the year.
First team selections included Megyn Meekins and Kaygan Stone while Graci Brown and Bren Fenoglio was named to the second team.
On the 1A list, several superlative award had two winners. The district’s overall MVP went to Saint Jo’s Kayden Skidmore and Prairie Valley’s Karagan Ritchie. The offensive MVP went to Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman and Prairie Valley’s Carmen Gomez.
The blocker of the year went to Gold-Burg’s Sadie Weaver and Saint Jo’s Cara Vogel. Coach of the year went to Kelly Skidmore at Saint Jo and Prairie Valley’s Amanda Aldriedge.
Other superlative awards were won by one person. The defensive MVP went to Sara Horton from Prairie Valley. Setter of the year went to Kai Cearley from Prairie Valley.
Libero of the year went to Taylor Patrick from Saint Jo. Newcomer of the year went o Alli Cisneros from Forestburg.
First team all-district members from Gold-Burg included Sadie Whitaker, Shadie Whitaker, Sierra Weaver and Ollie Gaston. From Prairie Valley it included Emma Stout, Makaylee Gomez and Linzie Priddy. From Saint Jo Payzlie Cervantes and Maxey Johnson were named to the first team. Forestburg had Madi Deason named to the first team.
Second team all-district members from Gold-Burg included Madison Fulmer, Destinie Weaver and Jimena Garcia. Saint Jo had Aliyah Vasquez and Reagan Wilson named to the second team. Forestburg had Logan Ladewig and Justynne Roller named to the district’s second team. Prairie Valley’s Summer English was also on the second team list.
To see the full list that also includes honorable mention and academic all-district selections, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Crutsinger resigns from Nocona

It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Cervantes signs to college

Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Sieberts earn bronze at state

Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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