SPORTS
County cross country teams compete at Alvord
Several Montague County schools competed at the Alvord Invitational on Wednesday while competing well against schools such as Chico and Poolville.
Varsity teams from Bowie, Nocona and Forestburg had a good showing despite the course being three-tenths of a mile longer than normal, rendering the times not comparable with what has been previously run.
The big winner was the Nocona girl’s team, who finished first overall while having four of its top five runners finishing in the top 10.
The Lady Indians were led by Kylie Rose, who finished first overall with a time of 15:31. She was followed by Raylee Sparkman in second, Claudia Espinoza in fifth, Madilyn Ferguson in ninth and Natalie Pirkey in 31st to round out the scoring runners.
Coach Kyle Spitzer liked what he saw from his team.
“It was another hot day, but the girls stepped up and made no excuses,” Spitzer said. “I was proud of how the girls competed and our times came down.”
The Bowie boy’s team also had a good day, finishing second to Poolville and just six points ahead of third place Nocona.
Sid Mayfield finished first for the Jackrabbits in sixth place with a time of 20 minutes. The other top five runners for Bowie included Brody Armstrong in 10th place, Ignacio Saucedo in 15th, Nathan Rogers in 26th and Trevor Vann in 17th place.
Coach Jonathon Horton liked what he saw from some of his younger runners in leading the charge.
“I was really pleased with our underclassmen,” Horton said. “Sid, Brody, Ignacio and Nathan are all running very well right now.”
The Lady Rabbits finished just three points behind meet host Alvord to finish third overall. Landra Parr finished first for Bowie in eighth place with a time of 16:49. The top four runners that followed included Julia Witt in 10th place, Jojo Villarreal in 13th place; Brysen Richey in 18th place and Jaylin Hudson in 21st place.
Coach Joe Crabb thought his girls ran and competed well despite the times not reflecting it.
The Nocona boy’s team also finished third. Hank Ulbig finished first for the Indians in fifth place with a time of 19:41. He was followed by Eli Croxton in eighth place, Lyndon Fenoglio in 13th place, Iziak Weatherread in 21st place and Adam Meekins finishing 25th.
Forestburg also brought its runners to the meet though it was short two runners to compete as a team. Issabella Roller finished first for the Lady Horns in 32nd place with a time of 20:42. She followed by Gracie White in 33rd place and Sol Martinez in 38th place.
To see the full list of results, 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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