SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona lifters compete at Breckenridge and Valley View
The Bowie boys and Nocona powerlifting teams competed at recent meets and did well while getting some work in improving totals.
The Jackrabbits competed at Breckenridge back on Feb. 1 and finished third overall. Nocona competed at Valley View on Thursday and the Lady Indians got second and the Indians placed in fifth place.
Bowie had eight lifters finish in the top five in their weight classes and scored points for the team. Two of the lifters won their weight class.
Noah Brown won the 275 class while lifting 1,280 total pounds. Jacobi McGregor won the super heavy weight class by lifting 1,260 pounds.
Tripp Brewer finished second in the 198 class. Patel Shiv, Gavyn Brown and Cooper McShan all finished third in the 123, 132 and 148 classes. Noah Metzler and Jett Black both finished fifth in the 181 and 198 classes.
The Lady Indians had six lifters finish in the top five in their weight class. Three of them were in first place in their weight class.
Kaitlyn Tiffner won the 97 class by lifting a total of 445. Savannah Wade won the 114 class as she lifted 585 pounds. Kylea Wallace won the 123 class as she totaled 520 pounds.
Yazmin Ibarra and Caris Johnson both finished second in the 123 and 132 classes. Jacie Pirkey finished third in the 148 class, only five pounds behind second place.
The Indians team had four lifters earn points by finishing among the top five in their weight class. There was one lifter who won his weight class.
Mitchell Gaston finished first in the 123 class as he lifted a total of 580 pounds.
Kaden Wallace and Hayden Matthews both finished second in the 114 and 242 classes. Josiah Messer rounded out the team by finishing fifth in the 198 class.
To see totals for all lifters from Bowie and Nocona who completed all three lifts, 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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