SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Nocona suffers loss to Holliday on road
The Nocona High School volleyball team suffered a five-set loss at Holliday on Friday in the Lady Indians’ District 3A-9 opener.
Holliday took care of Nocona by scores of 25-22, 26-28, 25-18, 25-22, 15-9, and the Lady Indians dropped to 13-11, 0-1 on the season.
“We missed seven serves and had six net calls against us,” Nocona head coach Tiffany Clay said. “When playing a good team like Holliday, we cannot make those mental errors.”
Nocona was uncharacteristically out of sync on defense, and Clay said Holliday “outplayed” her squad. The coach was happy to see the girls extend the Lady Eagles to five sets.
Payton Ferguson had a team-best 14 kills plus one solo ace block. Sherese Price added 12 kills and Jamie Carpenter seven.
Chloey Hamilton and Carpenter combined for 34 assists. Libero Magye Fenoglio was the lone Lady Indian in double digits for digs with 14, while Ali Walker had seven digs.
Forestburg tops Gold-Burg
The Forestburg volleyball team swept in-county rival Gold-Burg, but the set scores were indicative of a competitive District 2A-10 match.
The Lady Horns won by scores of 25-20, 25-22, 25-16.
Kaylee Choate finished with 10 assists for Forestburg. Hope Phipps served up a team best five aces while Cheyenne Banks and Choate had three apiece. Alexia Britain added four digs and two ace serves.
For Gold-Burg, Hannah Franklin played a strong all-around game with 12 digs, seven kills and two ace serves. She also had a solo ace block.
Haley Davis chipped in with 10 digs and two ace serves. Christina Arevalo and Megan Metz contributed nine and seven digs, respectively.
Forestburg stands at 10-9, 1-0 in 2A-10. Gold-Burg dropped to 3-18, 0-1.
OTHER MATCHES
FRIDAY
Tioga def. Saint Jo 25-20, 25-9, 25-15
Match highlights: Sarah Patrick, three kills, six digs and one ace serve; Delaney Hall, five digs and two aces; Alyssa Hennessey, three kills, three assists; Sheridan Stiteler, six digs, two assists; Bailey Melton, three kills, four solo ace blocks; Carlee Vogel, three solo ace blocks; Charity Brawner, three aces, 12 assists, one solo ace block.
Record: Saint Jo 6-13, 0-1 in 2A-10.
Collinsville def. Prairie Valley 25-15, 25-21, 25-11.
No individual statistics reported.
Record: Prairie Valley, 5-7, 0-1.
Prairie Valley’s Taylor Carter bumps the ball forward during Friday’s match against Collinsville. The Bulldogs lost in straight sets in this District 2A-10 opener. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Kayla Jean Woods)
Nearly 600 youngsters signed up for this season of youth baseball sports through the BSA. The group celebrated with awards this past week and introduction of all its teams. See all the awards and photos from the night in the mid-week Bowie News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
The 2024 Summer Olympics is just a few weeks away taking place in Paris. The opening ceremonies will be July 26 and are planned to be unique as they take place along the Seine River that flows through Paris. Thomas Bach prepared this op-ed to welcome the world to Paris.
By Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is only days away. The excitement gripping this nation is palpable.
As this unique festival of sport draws closer, we all are feeling that France and the French people are ready to welcome the world’s best athletes with the hospitality and passion for sport for which they are famous all around the world.
Already millions of people have greeted the Olympic flame on its journey around France with a huge wave of enthusiasm. All of us are looking forward to an unforgettable celebration of Olympic sport and French culture in the coming weeks.
Read the full story in the mid-week sports in your Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s Firecracker 5K welcomed 100 runners for its 16th year on July 4th.
According to runsignup.com, Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K saw 100 runners of all ages register to kick off in downtown Saint Jo.
Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher with a time of 19:02.6. Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, was the top female finisher with 21:47.1.
In the male nine and under division, I. Miller, nine, Muenster, repeated his first place win from 2023 with at time of 34:52.8. E. Thomas, eight, no town listed, also repeated her win with a time of 31:58.5.
Emry Raney-Cavnar, 14, Ardmore, OK, won the male 10-14 group and E. Christensen, 11, Decatur, took the female race. In the male 15-19 division Luke Gehrig, 17, Muenster, won, while Sophia Christensen, 15, Decatur, took the ladies’ title.
See all the results and more photos in the weekend Bowie News.
Special appreciation to Jennifer Gaston Panther Photography for use of her photos.
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