SPORTS
Bellevue holds off Woodson in its bi-district win
The Bellevue Lady Eagles held off a furious second half comeback to beat Woodson on Monday in their bi-district playoff game.
The Lady Eagles beat the Cowgirls 62-57, holding them off after being up double-digits at halftime.
Bellevue came into the game confident. The Lady Eagles had finished district play the previous week on Feb. 4 with a win against Prairie Valley 58-26. The Lady Eagles finished second in the district, but had secured a first seed in the second division of 1A.
Woodson came into the game with only seven wins on the season and four of them coming in district play. The Cowgirls had also finished in fourth place in their district as well.
The first half saw Bellevue show why it was the better team, outscoring Woodson in both quarters and leading 29-17 at halftime.
The Lady Eagles’ offense had not slowed down in the third quarter, but the Cowgirls found something to work offensively, doubling their first half total in the third quarter alone and cutting the lead to 10 points, 44-34.
That offensive rhythm kept up and was amplified by Woodson getting to the free throw line a lot. After attempting 10 free throws in the first three quarters, the Cowgirls attempted 15 in the fourth quarter alone.
Three players from Bellevue ended up fouling out and several more were a foul away from doing so.
The Lady Eagles continued to score well with 18 points in the final period, but missed all six of their free throws which would have provided some much needed breathing room as Woodson slowly got its way back into the game on the charity stripe.
Thankfully, the Cowgirls missed four of their free throws in the fourth quarter which would have made it a one-point game.
Bellevue held on to win 62-57.
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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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