SPORTS
Forestburg track competes at Bryson
The Forestburg track teams traveled to Bryson on March 8 to compete in the Cowboys and Cowgirls Classic.
Competing against 10 schools, the high school boy’s team finished fourth and the girls team finished eighth.
In both the 4×100 and 4×400 relay, the boys team were able to gain valuable points by finishing fifth in the first and second in the final relay.
The Longhorns ran away with the throwing events. Last years state finalist Zach Bradley won the shot put with a throw of 47-1 ¾ while Bannon Osteen won the discus with a throw of 116-10 ½.
Calvin Smith gave the Forestburg boys the only win in a running event as he won the 300 meter hurdles race with a time of 45.2 seconds.
The varsity girls team was also able to place in two relays. The team got sixth in the 4×100 and fourth in the 4×400 relay. Isabella Roller was the top individual finisher as she finished fourth in the 400 meter race with a time of 1:12.
Other individual contributors that scored points for the Lady Horns included Rebeca Sanchez finishing sixth in the 100 meter race and Shelby Bradley finishing sixth in the shot put.
The junior high teams also competed at the meet. The girls team finished fifth and the boys sixth out of 10 teams each.
The girls finished third in the 4×100 relay and second in the 4×400 relay. The top individual performer was Reagan Ladewig finishing second in the 300 meter hurdles.
The boys Will Johnson scored points for the Longhorns in the 100, 200 and 400 meter races as well as the long jump. Jaden Meeks also scored point for Forestburg in the 400 meters.
To see the full list of results from Forestburg athletes who finished in the top six, 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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