SPORTS
Bowie hosts powerlifting league meet
Bowie was the host of a league powerlifting meet on Feb. 6 that featured area athletes from Nocona, Bellevue and Prairie Valley and 11 schools overall.
As far as teams results, Bowie had both of its teams finish fourth overall, Nocona had its girls team finish second and its boys team fifth, Bellevue girls finished seventh and boys eighth while Prairie Valley and its two athletes tied for ninth place.
The Bowie girl’s team had all five of its lifters finish in the top five in their weight classes and scored points, with two winning their weight classes.
Haley Henry won the 114 pound weight class as she lifted 585 total pounds. On the opposite end, Jeileigh Schaffer won the 242 class as she lifted 700 total pounds.
Trently Brewer and Alison Aguirre both finished third in their weight classes 123 and 148 while Jacqueline Lopez got fifth in the 132 class.
The Jackrabbit boys had seven lifters finish in the top five and earn points toward the team total. Two also won their weight classes.
Robert Zambrano got first in the 148 class by lifting a total of 1,250 pounds. Tripp Brewer won the 220 class as he lifted 1,365 pounds. Kaden Rutherford and Jett Black both got third place, Rutherford in the 114 class and Black in the 220.
Tyson Jordan and Landyn Walker got fourth in their weight classes and Luis Covarubias got fifth place.
From Nocona, the Lady Indians had six of their lifters place in the top five and earn points. Kaitlyn Tiffner and Savannah Wade both finished first. Tiffner won the 105 class with a total of 480 pounds while Wade won the 123 class while lifting 725 pounds.
Kylea Wallace finished second in the 114 class and Jaelyn Rodriguez got fourth in the 220 class. Caris Johnson and Yazmin Ibarra got third and fourth in the 132 class.
The Nocona boy’s team had six lifters finish in the top five and score points for the team, with two winning their weight classes. Kaden Wallace won the 114 class as he lifted 650 total pounds. Omar Salinas won the next weight class up, the 123 class as he lifted a total of 685 pounds.
Matthew Johnson and Aiden Lopez both got third place, Johnson in the 275 class and Lopez in the 132 class. Gavin Miller finished fourth in the 242 class and A.J. Malone got fifth in the 148 class.
From Bellevue, the Lady Eagles had two lifters score points while the boy’s team had one lifter earn points. Mary Grace Broussard finished second in the 132 class as she lifted 620 pounds while Brittany Gill earned fifth place in the 148 class as she lifted 575 pounds. Blake Reese got fifth in the 181 class as he lifted 805 pounds.
Prairie Valley had two lifters compete in the meet, the first for the program in 11 years. Chase Goolsy just missed out on scoring points, finishing in sixth place in the 242 weight class as he lifted 850 total pounds. Emma Buck got eighth in the 148 class as she lifted 330 pounds.
The next girls meet is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Feb. 13 at Chico. The next boy’s meet is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Feb. 20 at Boyd.
Results for all lifters from Bowie, Nocona, Bellevue and Prairie Valley who completed all three lifts are in the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
For more pictures from the meet during the squat round, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6873012&T=1
SPORTS
Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory
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.
SPORTS
Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney
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.
SPORTS
Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages
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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