SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Season gearing up
The Saint Jo High School girls’ basketball team was first in Montague County to play a regular-season game on Monday at Lindsay.
By the end of this week, most area teams will have started.
On Tuesday, Forestburg opened the 2014 season against Notre Dame of Wichita Falls while Prairie Valley traveled to Wichita Falls for a game against Wichita Christian. Nocona played a scrimmage against Blue Ridge.
On Thursday, the Bowie boys’ basketball team will have its first scrimmage of the year at Keene while the girls will travel to Burleson for a scrimmage.
On Friday, Nocona’s girls will scrimmage at Dodd City.
Also, Bowie and Nocona junior varsity and ninth-grade teams will participate at the Muenster Tournament on Thursday and Saturday this week.
In area action on Friday, Saint Jo will play host to Era, Muenster will play at Bellevue, Gold-Burg travels to Electra and Prairie Valley plays host to a girls-boys basketball doubleheader.
This Saturday, Nocona’s boys will have their first scrimmage of the year at Trenton with Tom Bean. Bowie will travel to Wichita Falls for a scrimmage at Rider High School with several other area schools.
There is also a pair of junior high school tournaments on Saturday, Bowie will compete in the Bridgeport Tournament and Montague plays at Prairie Valley.
Also on Monday, the Bowie Junior High School seventh- and eighth-grade girls’ basketball squads began their seasons. The Cottontails played Nocona. Montague traveled to Tioga for a girls-boys doubleheader.
Look in the weekend News for those scores.
The regular season will get underway in earnest in these parts next week.
Courtney Brady, shown here during the state summer tournament in Grapevine, and the Bowie girls basketball team will have its season opener next Tuesday at home versus Burkburnett. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.
Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.
“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”
Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.
In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.
Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.
In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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