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Basketball Roundup
Bellevue girls
The Lady Eagles traveled to play at 3A City View on Tuesday, hoping to test themselves against the bigger school and ended up winning 48-39.
Bellevue dominated the Lady Mustangs for most of the game and led 30-17 at halftime and by more than 20 points at one point thanks to its press defense and shoot first ask questions later offense.
Austin Ford led the team with 24 points. Sky-Lar Embry and Kaylee Trail both had eight points to help.
Bellevue plays at the Mesquite Pit Classic this weekend in its final few games before district play kicks of next week at Saint Jo at 6 p.m. on Dec. 17.
Saint Jo boys
The Panthers played the team that ended their season last year in the playoffs, number two state-ranked Graford at their gym on Tuesday.
With a little more than a week of practice and a recent tournament under its belt, an upset from Saint Jo would be asking a lot and the Rabbits showed why winning 72-28.
The Panthers could not keep up with that level of shooting early on.
Connor Thompson led the team with eight points while Logan Morman scored six points.
Saint Jo plays at the Era tournament this weekend before traveling to 3A Paradise next week to play at 5 p.m. on Dec. 17.
Prairie Valley girls
The Lady Bulldogs played at private school Sacred Heart on Tuesday.
The Lady Tigers got control early and won by a good margin 51-34. Prairie Valley struggled to keep up with their good shooting while also dealing with some injuries to the team and getting some younger players up to speed.
Shelby Roof led the team with 11 points. Emily Carpenter had eight points while grabbing seven rebounds. Hailey Winkler stole a game high seven times.
It was one of the few games this season Prairie Valley has not really been in. With one of those behind them now and the Mineral Wells tournament this weekend, the Lady Bulldogs only have a couple of games to regroup.
District play starts for Prairie Valley at district favorite Slidell at 6 p.m. on Dec. 20.
Prairie Valley boys
The Bulldogs traveled to play Sacred Heart on Tuesday.
The private school beat Prairie Valley in a physical game 47-38. A slow start was not ideal, but the Bulldogs closed the gap at the end of the first and most of the second quarter.
With a good start to the third, Prairie Valley was feeling good about being able to take the lead. Unfortunately, the Tigers came out on a 14-6 run to start the second half and the Bulldogs could never recover.
Nicholas Bell led the team with 13 points while Brock Tompkins was right behind him with 11 points.
Prairie Valley only has two tournaments left with no games in between before district play starts on Jan. 3. The Bulldogs play in the Blue Ridge tournament this weekend and will next play in the Wichita Christian tournament on Dec. 27-28.
Gold-Burg boys
The Bears hosted Era on Tuesday after a bit of break.
The Hornets took it to Gold-Burg, winning 68-19. A scoreless first quarter spelled doom for the Bears as Era got off to a good start offensively. In the end, the young Gold-Burg squad did not have the fire power to come back.
Will Hodges led the team with seven points while Dusty Weaver was second with five points.
The Bears have one final game before the holiday break and district play. They host Petrolia at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 19.
To read the full story, 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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