SPORTS
Bowie boys finish second at regionals/ Nocona finishes 18th
Bowie and Nocona boy’s powerlifting teams competed on Wednesday at Saginaw High School at the regional meet to see who the strongest truly was.
While neither team had boys finish in the top two of their weight classes to guarantee a trip to the state meet, both schools had things of which to be proud.
Even with no top two finishers, the Jackrabbits still finished second overall as a team behind Alvord by only five points. Bowie had nine boys finish in the top five or higher that contributed towards the point totals.
Top finishers included Colton Covington and Zackary Otto finishing in third place and being named the state alternates in their weight classes. Covington competed in the 123 pound weight class and lifted 765 total pounds. Otto competed in the 220 pound weight class and lifted 1,315 total pounds.
Other medalists for Bowie included: Roman Rivas and Ethan Meyers finishing fourth and fifth in the 132 weight class; Dalton Davis earning fourth in the 148 weight class; Ty Harris and Joey Crawford finishing fourth and fifth in the 165 weight class; Jacob Skinner earning fourth in the 181 weight class; Bryan Arellano finishing fourth in the 242 weight class.
Coach Quentin Berend liked the overall team accomplishment Bowie achieved.
“I think this is a huge team win finishing second and having no first or second place finisher,” Berend said. “This shows our program is heading in the right direction and has a very bright future.”
The Indians brought a much smaller team, but with two medalists they finished 18th overall as a team out of 34 schools.
The top lifter was Brady York, who finished third overall in the super heavy weight class after lifting 1,455 total pounds. This was good enough to make him an alternate for the state meet. Deuce Glasker finished fourth in the 275 pound weight class. He lifted 1,355 total pounds.
To see the full list of results from Bowie and Nocona, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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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