SPORTS
Bowie football loses to Iowa Park
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost another tough road district game at Iowa Park on Friday.
The Hawks won 48-14 against the Jackrabbits in a game where Bowie was hoping to compete better and potentially get its first district win.
The Jackrabbits struggled to slow down Iowa Park’s running offense all game, forcing no punts and the only stop all night came on Bowie’s defense forcing the only turnover of the game when safety Hunter Rodriguez intercepted a pass.
Hawk quarterback Parker Allen ran and passed for more than 100 yards each and accounted for four touchdowns on the night.
Iowa Park scored two touchdowns in every quarter but the third and led 27-0 at halftime.
The team played better in the second half as Bowie’s running offense was able to finish some drives after moving the ball but stalling out on all of its drives in the first half.
Jax Johnston scored on a 13-yard run in the third quarter to put the Jackrabbits on the board while Justin Clark scored on a short run in the fourth quarter to finish another drive positively.
It was not enough to get back into the game as Iowa Park won 48-14.
Bowie had more than 200 yards rushing as a team, finishing with 211 yards and dominated time of possession. Clark led the team with 97 yards on the ground while Johnson was second with 61. Rayder Mann completed six of his passes for 62 yards when called to throw the ball.
Coach Tyler Price did not think the team’s offense did a good job of continuing drives despite moving the ball successfully most of the night.
On defense, Price wants the team to play complementary football more than it has so far this season.
“When one position group plays good one week, another does not and then it changes the next week,” Price said. “Our defense needs to play more as one cohesive unit.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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