SPORTS
Saint Jo teams win district track meet
The 1A district track meet took place all day on Thursday at Bowie High School.
In the end it was the Saint Jo boy’s and girl’s teams finishing first overall.
Both Forestburg boy’s and girl’s team finished third overall. The Gold-Burg girls finished fourth overall while the boys team was seventh. The Prairie Valley boys team finished fifth overall while the girl’s team finished sixth. Bellevue’s bo’y team finished sixth while its girl’s team finished seventh.
First place finishes included Jonathan Diaz from Saint Jo winning the 100 meters; Reagan Ladewig from Forestburg winning the 100 meter hurdles and shot put; Matthew Sampson from Saint Jo winning the 110 meter hurdles; Dawson Everson from Saint Jo winning the 300 meter hurdles and pole vault; Braylee Briles from Forestburg winning the 400 meters.
Justynne Roller from Forestburg won the 800 meters and the discus; Collin Thomas winning the 800 meters; Grace Martin from Bellevue winning the 1600 and 3200 meter races; Linzie Priddy from Prairie Valley winning the high jump; Jayon Grace from Gold-Burg winning the long jump; Makaylee Gomez from Prairie Valley winning the pole vault; Braxton Osteen from Forestburg winning the shot put and discus; Emily Carpenter from Prairie Valley winning the discus.
All three of the 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 meter relays were won by Saint Jo on both the boys and girls side.
Anyone who finished in the top four in their event qualified for the area meet which is scheduled for April 14 at Bryson.
To see all the results for area school’s individuals who finished in the top six in their events and scored points toward their team’s total, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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