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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Bowie teams ranked
The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team has ascended to sixth spot in the latest Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Conference 3A poll.
Bowie stands at 5-2 overall, with their lone losses to Conference 5A powerhouse Wichita Falls Rider.
Brock is tops in the 3A girls’ poll, with Wall second.
The Bowie girls aren’t ranked in the Texas Girls Coaches Association poll.
Windthorst is ranked seventh in the Conference 2A girls’ poll from the TGCA, and eighth in the TABC poll. LaPoynor is No. 1 in the TABC poll and Weimar the TGCA poll.
Lipan, who plays Bowie during the non-district schedule, leads both the TABC and TGCA Conference 1A girls’ polls.
Argyle, Canyon and Duncanville are tops in the respective Conference 4A, 5A and 6A polls. Sanger also is ranked in both polls, in the top-10 of 4A.
On the boys’ side, Bowie is ranked 18th in the latest TABC Conference 3A poll, slipping some after losses to Krum and Brock last week.
Van Alstyne is tops in the 3A poll, with Kountze second. Brock is 15th in 3A; however, Krum isn’t ranked in the 4A poll.
There are no other Montague County boys or girls teams ranked in polls this week.
The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team shows off the runner-up trophy it earned in the large-school division during the Fantasy of Lights tournament at D.L. Ligon Coliseum at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. The Bowie girls are ranked sixth in the latest Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Conference 3A poll. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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