SPORTS
Montague County athletes compete at state cross country meet
Montague County athletes competed at the state cross country meet on Friday and Saturday at Round Rock.
Gold-Burg’s Isaac Renteria came back with some hardware, finishing ninth in the boy’s 1A race.
With it being Renteria’s third trip to the state meet, his goal this year was to break through and get on the stand as he ran 17:09.
He was joined for the first time by Ollie Gaston who was the first girl Gold-Burg runner to make it to the state meet. She finished 86th with a time of 14:07.
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers finished ninth overall as a team. With three of the five girls coming straight from playing a five-set playoff volleyball match the night before, it was a tough turnaround they battled through.
Abby Carter led the team by finishing 18th overall with a time of 12:58. Her teammates included Tatum Morman (58th), Taylor Patrick (84th), Kaycee Clark (98th) and Aubrey Morman (107th).
From Prairie Valley, Linzie Priddy finished 64th with a time of 13:48 in the girls 1A race. It was her second time at the state meet after missing last year.
Josh Stout competed in the boy’s 1A race and finished 90th with a time of 19:43 in his first time at state.
The Nocona Lady Indians’ team was celebrating just getting back to state for the second straight year. With it being the same group that did it the previous year for the first time in school history and the last race for the team as a whole, with two graduating seniors running their final race, the race itself was gravy.
The Lady Indians finished 15th overall running in the 2A girl’s race. Bayler Smith led the team with a 31st finish with a time of 12:45.
The team’s top five runners included Jayce Rose (104th), Melissa Segura (105th), Jolie Rose (128th) and Reagan Phipps (131st).
The Nocona boys’ team also was represented by Claudio Segura. Unfortunately for Segura, he suffered a sprained ankle at the beginning of the chaotic start of the race and could not finish.
Still, he was the second Nocona boy to make it to the state meet in the last two years.
For results for all Montague County runners, 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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