SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona golf teams play at hosted tournaments
Bowie
The Bowie golf team’s competed at their home tournament at Twisted Oaks this week.
The boy’s team ended up finishing first overall while the girl’s team finished third place.
The Jackrabbits swept the first three places individually. Zac Harris shot a 68 to finish in first place. Cy Egenbacher was right behind him shooting 69 to finish second.
Andrew Sandhoff finished tied for third with Rayder Mann as both shot 73. Mann was not playing as a part of the Bowie team but individually, so his total did not count towards the team total. Still, he won the playoff to earn the third place medal.
Hunter Fluitt shot an 80 and Hunter Lea shot an 84 to round out the team’s scoring as Bowie shot 290 overall. Case Curry also competed individually and shot 101.
The Lady Rabbits were led by Neely Price who shot 105. Rylie Vieth shot 109, Miley Thompson 112, Reegen Ferguson 114 and Emily Cueva 126 as the team finished with a 440 total, a 10 shot improvement from its previous tournament.
Hadley Morris and Kendall Fallis competed individually with Morris shooting 113 and Fallis shooting 121.
Nocona
The Nocona golf teams competed at its hosted Norman Waters Invitational this week.
The Lady Indians team finished third overall while the boy’s team finished fourth.
The girl’s team was led by Eleanor Tucker who shot 111, which was good to tie her for the fourth best score.
Avery Thompson shot a 118, Jessie Howard shot 123 and Ava Davis shot 131 as the team combined for a 483 total which was four shots better than fourth place Slidell.
The Indians were led by Jake Pribble who shot 93. His teammate were not far behind as Johnny Stone shot a 95 while Casen Harris and Fin Stevens shot 97 to round out the scoring to 382.
Charlie Fuller’s 102 score did not contribute to the total, but the team did tie with Petrolia. Fuller’s score was better than Petrolia’s fifth player meaning Nocona finished one spot ahead.
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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