SPORTS
Forestburg dominates in first two playoff wins
The Forestburg Longhorns won both of their playoff games last week to continue their season.
The Longhorns won in blowouts against Newcastle (64-38) and Avery (73-36) in the bi-district and area rounds.
Forestburg came into the playoffs confident after winning its first district title since 2009 and only losing one during district play.
The Longhorns were first matched up with a Newcastle team that came in with only nine wins on the season and had to scrape and claw and win a play-in game to get into the playoffs.
Last year the teams met in the same round, but it had been a much closer game which Forestburg had won. This year, with the game played on Feb. 18, the Longhorns won with little trouble.
The first half was competitive as Forestburg nursed a 26-19 lead at halftime. The second half saw the Longhorns offense get rolling, scoring 20 points in the third quarter and 18 in the fourth quarter.
Newcastle could not keep up as the Longhorns won 64-38.
Jesus Sanchez led the team with 24 points while Josiah Wadsworth was second with 15 and Kyler Willett adding 10 points.
Coach Curtis Enis thought his team’s defense got better and better as the game wore on which he singled out as the key reason the team won the game.
The win moved the Longhorns on to play an Avery team that had much higher accolades. The Bulldogs won their district’s championship with only one loss and had 24 wins on the season.
Despite that, Forestburg came out scorching hot, scoring the ball well and forcing turnovers on offense as it led 28-6 after the first quarter.
The Longhorns could not keep up that offensive pace all game and came back down to earth in the second quarter, actually being outscored 13-9.
Still, because the first quarter explosion Forestburg’s lead was still sizable at halftime 37-19, but the Longhorns did not want to give Avery any hope it could come back.
The third quarter saw Forestburg’s offense get back into rhythm in the third quarter, scoring 23 points to extend its lead before being able to slow things down in the fourth quarter.
The Longhorns won by more than twice the Bulldogs score 73-36.
Sanchez again led the team with 24 points. Jesse Wadsworth was second with 19 points and Willett scored 14 points.
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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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