SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona teams race all over in district lead up
The Bowie and Nocona cross country teams went to three different meets this week.
The Bowie boy’s team finished second at Ponder on Wednesday while the girl’s team finished 11th at the hugely attended Ken Gaston race in Grand Prairie on Thursday.
Both of Nocona’s teams ran at Brock on Wednesday, with the boy’s team finishing sixth. The girl’s team was one runner short of the five minimum runners needed to complete the team total.
For the Jackrabbits, Alex Shelton was the team’s top runner finishing third overall with a time of 18:27. Sid Mayfield and Trevor Vann joined him among the top 10 in seventh and 10th place.
Brody Armstrong and Travis Terry finished 17th and 18th to round out the top five runners for Bowie. Coach Jonathon Horton was happy with his team. With a great finish while battling heat and tough terrain, he feels confident where his team is with district on the horizon.
The Lady Rabbits ran at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie next to Joe Pool Lake. With many of the metroplexes top programs running, Bowie competed in the 4A and under race along with 16 other schools.
The top runner was Julia Witt who finished in 54th place with a time of 14:13. Jojo Villarreal and Brysen Richey was not far behind in 59th and 60th place. Jennifer Alvarado and Desarai Reyes rounded out the Lady Rabbits top five finishing in 78th and 84th place.
Running against some of the best runners in the Dallas/Fort Worth region hopes to prepare the girls for district.
The Nocona boy’s team had Lyndon Fenoglio finish first for the team in 22nd place with a time of 20:28. Frank Espinoza finished in 33rd place, Eli Croxton 39th, Alex Stephens 57th and Iziak Weatherread 69th place.
The Lady Indians were without Raylee Sparkman, who usually is the teams number two runner. Despite not getting a team result, the girls still had some good results.
Kylie Rose finished fifth overall with a time of 14:18. Madilyn Ferguson joined her among the top 10 in ninth place. Claudia Espinoza finished 18th and Natalie Pirkey was 55th.
With the district race scheduled for Oct. 14 in Bowie, a little more than week exists before teams will need to be in tip top shape.
To see full 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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