SPORTS
Bowie boys, both Nocona teams qualify for regional meet
Bowie was host to the 3A district cross country meet on Tuesday, with the county’s teams competing to qualify for the regional meet with at least a top three finish.
The Jackrabbit boy’s team came away with a second place finish and both of Nocona’s teams earned third place to qualify while the Lady Rabbits team came up just short in fourth place.
The Bowie boys were led by Sid Mayfield, who finished in fourth place with a time fo 18:13. He had three teammates join him in the top 10 with Alex Shelton right behind him in fourth place, Brody Armstrong in eighth place and Trevor Vann in 10th place. Riley Harris rounded out the top five runners for the Jackrabbits in 20th place.
The Lady Indians were led by Kylie Rose, who finished fourth with a time of 12:45. Raylee Sparkman joined Rose in the top 10 with a ninth place finish. Madilyn Ferguson and Claudia Espinoza finished within the same second in 13th and 14th place while Sydnee Mowry finished 27th to round out the team’s scoring.
The Nocona boy’s team finished third overall as well and were led by Hank Ulbig finishing seventh overall with a time of 18:21. The top five runners for the Indians included Lyndon Fenoglio in 11th place, Eli Croxton in 14th place, Frank Espinoza in 19th place and Adam Meekins in 24th place.
The Lady Rabbits came up short on Tuesday in fourth place. Landra Parr led the team, finishing 16th overall with a time of 14:05. Most of her teammates followed in right behind her. Julia Witt, Jojo Villarreal, Brysen Richey and Jennifer Alvarado came in 17th, 18th, 19th and 21st place.
The regional meet will be on Oct. 28 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.
To read the full story and see all of the school’s 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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