SPORTS
SPORTS IN BRIEF: NCTC events available on Livestream
North Central Texas College has announced all home volleyball matches may be seen on Livestream.com.
Fans may click the following link: livestream.com/nctclions.
The next broadcast is set for 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, a home Region V match versus Southwestern Christian College.
Halloween event set for TFFC
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center will have its annual Halloween at the Hatchery on Oct. 29.
Athens-based businesses and organizations will hand out candy, and the center will be decorated.
The event runs from 6-8:30 p.m. No one will be admitted before 6 p.m., and no pets are allowed. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Admission is $1 per person, with proceeds benefiting the Rainbow Room of Henderson County, the Henderson County Humane Society and East Texas Crisis Center.
The center is a safe site for trick-or-treating. The Anglers Pavilion will have game booths and prizes for small children. Parents wishing to visit this area should park in the overflow parking lot on Peninsula Point Road and enter through Gate C.
Club baseball event Oct. 24-25 in Bowie
There will be a select club baseball tournament on Oct. 24-25 at Bowie High School.
The tournament will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
The event will feature the following five teams: Wolfpack, Peaster, Blacksox Red, Blacksox Black and Fit-n-Wise 18-under.
There will be a number of Bowie players and coaches in the tournament.
No new inning will start after one hour, 50 minutes of play. Games will be seven innings. The run rule is 10 runs after four innings and eight runs after five innings. Every team is guaranteed four games.
North Central Texas College. (Logo provided by NCTC, used with permission)
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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