SPORTS
Roundup
Bellevue girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won at Slidell on Friday in a close game and threw a wrench into the top of the district standings.
The Lady Eagles won 49-46 thanks to a big fourth quarter where Bellevue scored 20 points, making up a 37-29 deficit after three quarters.
The win makes up for the first loss the Lady Eagles suffered to the Lady Greyhounds. Kaylee Trail led the team with 17 points. Sky-Lar Embry joined her in double-figures with 13 points even fouling out.
Coach Jon McGee said the team had to fight foul trouble all night, but was proud his team came together at the end to get the win.
Bellevue next hosts Midway at 6 p.m. on Feb. 7.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley teams hosted Midway on Friday with the boy’s team pulling off the close win while the girl’s team had a night to forget.
The Bulldogs won 45-44 and the Lady Bulldogs lost 51-21.
The boy’s team was able to get the tough play form its defense to win the game in the end.
“This was our second close game this week, and when we really needed stops, we were able to get the job done defensively,” Coach Seth Stephens said.
Tyler Reid led the team with 12 points. Nicholas Bell also scored in double-figures with 11 points.
The Lady Bulldogs had a game where nothing went right.
“We couldn’t get any shots to fall until late in the game and by then there was not enough time left to come back,” Coach Jeannie Carpenter said. “There are really no excuses for how this game turned out.”
Shelby Roof led the team with eight points and Emily Carpenter grabbed seven rebounds.
Prairie Valley hosts Saint Jo with the girl’s game starting at 6 p.m. and the boy’s game starting after on Feb. 7.
Gold-Burg vs Forestburg
The Gold-Burg basketball teams hosted Forestburg on Friday.
The Lady Bears won the first game 42-31 while the Longhorns won the boy’s game 44-33.
Taylor Lyons led Gold-Burg girls with 19 points as the Lady Bears earned their second win of district play. Coach Carlynn Murguia was proud of her team, getting their second win in a much better fashion than the first time. Morgan Miller led the Lady Horns with 11 points.
For the Forestburg boy’s team, Riley Sandusky led the team with 17 points. The Longhorns Coach Eldon Van Hooser thought the Bears played his team tough, switching to man defense this time around.
For Gold-Burg Jack Henry led the team with 11 points.
Forestburg next plays at Slidell on at 6 p.m. on Feb. 7. Gold-Burg next hosts Prairie Valley at 6 p.m. on Feb. 11.
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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