SPORTS
Powerlifting teams competed at Valley View last week
Lifters from Bowie, Nocona and Bellevue all competed at a meet in Valley View on Jan. 23.
On the boy’s side, Bowie finished fourth, Nocona finished sixth and Bellevue got eighth. On the girls side, Nocona got third, Bowie finished fourth and Bellevue earned sixth place.
The Bowie boy’s team had six lifters earn points for the team, with three earning first place in their weight class. Robert Zambrano won the 148 class, lifting a total of 1,190 pounds. Tripp Brewer won the 220 class by lifting 1,335 pounds. Jorge DeLeon won the 308 class as he lifted a meet high 1,540 pound.
Luis Cobarubias finished fourth in the 275 class, Landyn Walker earned fourth in the 308 class and Tyson Jordan got fifth in the 198 class.
The Lady Rabbits had Hailey Henry win the 114 class by lifting 590 pounds. Trently Brewer finished second in the 123 class as she lifted 525 pounds.
The Nocona girl’s team had six lifters earn points and two of them won their weight class. Kaitlyn Tiffner won the 105 class by lifting 500 total pounds. Savannah Wade won the 123 class as she lifted 625 pounds.
Caris Johnson got second in the 132 class, Jaelyn Rodriguez got third in the 220 class, Kylea Wallace finished fifth in the 114 class and Yazmin Ibarra earned fifth place in the 132 class.
The Nocona boy’s team had seven lifters earn points for the team, with two earning first place in their weight class.
Kaeden Wallace won the 114 class as he lifted 645 total pounds. Omar Salinas won the 123 class as he lifted 620 pounds.
A few other Nocona lifters who scored were Matthew Johnson finished third in the 275 class and Aiden Lopez earned fourth in the 132 class.
The Bellevue athletes were competing in the first meet in its program history. The Lady Eagles had three lifters earn points toward the team total.
Brylie Hager earned third place in the 105 class as she lifted 395 total pounds. Mary Grace Broussard also got third place, this one in the 132 class as she lifted 565 pounds. Brittany Gill earned fourth place in the 132 class as she totaled 525 pounds.
The Bellevue boy’s team had one lifter compete and he earned points towards the team total. Blake Resse finished fourth in the 181 class as he lifted 775 pounds.
To see results for all lifters from Bowie, Nocona and Bellevue who completed all three of their lifts, pick up a copy of the weekly 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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