SPORTS
Prairie Valley hosts cross country meet
Prairie Valley hosted its cross country meet on Wednesday with runners from seven schools in the high school divisions taking part.
The host saw both the boy’s and girl’s teams finishing third overall while Bellevue boys finished fifth in team results The Lady Eagles brought three girls and Gold-Burg brought two boys to compete as individuals.
The Lady Bulldogs had Shelby Roof finish seventh overall with a time of 15:44 to lead the team. Among Prairie Valley’s top five runners include Hailey Winkler finishing in 16th place, Karagan Ritchie finishing 19th, Molly Gilleland finishing 22nd and Emily Carpenter finishing 26th.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter felt her girls did well and many improved their times from last week, while also noting the heat was a challenge for all runners.
The Bulldogs top runner was Tyler Winkler, who finished third overall with a time of 21:12. Counting Winkler, the top five runners for Prairie Valley included Tyler Reid finishing 10th, Michael Cole in 14th place, Isaac Yeargin finishing 21st, and Konner Ritchie in 23rd place.
Coach Seth Stephens liked how his team ran despite the conditions.
“It was a really hot day to be running,” Stephens said. “I was really proud of how our guys ran and battled in the heat. I think it may have been the largest meet we’ve had here at Prairie Valley. We had 13 teams total in high school and junior high.”
The Bellevue boy’s team had Terrance Perry finish first for the team in 15th place with a time of 24:18. Among the top five finishers for the Eagles were Jacob Eckenberger finishing right behind Perry in 16th place, Zak Smith finishing 26th, Sam Innes finishing 27th and Gonzalo Martin finishing 33rd.
The Lady Eagles saw Sky-Lar Embry finish third overall with a time of 15:00. Austin Ford finished 14th and Cecille Fieldborg finished 31st. For Gold-Burg, Gideon Hellinger finished 24th with a time of 28:07 and Zach Sanders finished 30th.
For full results from all of the runners on these teams, 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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