SPORTS
Area schools run at Chico; Nocona competes at Lipan
Several area schools ran at Chico on Wednesday morning while Nocona’s teams ran at Lipan.
The Bowie boy’s team second place finish was the highlight for all of the teams at both meets, while Gold-Burg’s Isaac Renteria’s first place finish was the best individual highlight.
The Jackrabbits were led by Alex Castro who finished fifth overall with a time of 18:22. The top five finishers for Bowie included Liam Pearson (12th), Ryder McChesney (22nd), Monte Mayfield (23rd) and Kaz Williams (42nd).
The Gold-Burg boy’s team finished in sixth place at the same race. Two-time state qualifier Renteria finished first with a time of 16:54. The Bears’ other top five runners included Hayden Chambers (27th), Paul Jones (40th), Jorge Montes (52nd) and Kingston Croxton (66th).
The Bellevue Lady Eagles were the top finishing girls’ team from the area finishing in sixth place. Brylie Hager led the team with a fifth place finish and a time of 13:46. Bellevue’s top five runners also included Brittany Gill (20th), Kaycee Conner (29th), Tristan Shook (38th) and Mary Grace Broussard (55th).
The Bellevue boy’s team finished eighth overall. The team was led by River Trail finishing fourth overall with a time of 18:06. The Eagles top five runners also included Brycen Bancroft (37th), Ryan Jones (51st), Evan Chavez (57th) and Braden Moore (70th).
Some school teams did not have enough runners. In fact some were the only runners on their team.
From Forestburg, Justynne Roller finished 40th with a time of 16:35 in the girls race while Jesse Wadsworth finished 18th overall with a time of 20:44.
The Bowie girls were represented by Samara McChesney who finished 47th with a time of 17:13.
The Gold-Burg girl’s team had three girls run. Ollie Gaston was the top runner finishing 21st with a time of 15:09. Alyson Rojas and Raigen Hilton finished 59th and 60th.
The Nocona boy’s team finished sixth overall at Lipan. The Indians were led by Freddy Duran who finished 12th overall with a time of 17:37. Nocona’s top five finishers also included Claudio Segura (18th), Jhett Miller (34th), Karson Kleinhans (47th) and Landon Fatheree (50th).
The Nocona Lady Indians finished eighth overall and were led by Bayler Smith who finished 14th overall with a time of 12:39. Her top four teammates included Melissa Segura (34th), Jayce Rose (44th), Jolie Rose (45th) and Reagan Phipps (70th).
Results for all high school runners from the schools in the story are in 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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