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Bowie
The Bowie Jackrabbits baseball team had an up and down performance at the American Cancer Society Tournament last week.
The Jackrabbits went 2-2 during the three day tournament.
Bowie first played Muenster on Thursday and won 7-5. Carson Sanders led the team with two RBIs and two hits. Edmond DeLeon pitched six innings allowed one run on six hits while striking out eight batters.
The next game against private school Covenant Christian was the worst loss of the season for the Jackrabbits.
The Cougars won 19-1 after four innings, with 10 runs coming in the third inning.
Seth Hall drove in the only run of the game on a triple. It was a day to forget on the mound as four pitchers allowed 17 hits and walked seven batters.
Bowie bounced back the next game against former district foe Breckenridge. It was back and forth throughout the game, but in the end the Jackrabbits held on to win in the final inning 7-6.
Kynan DeMoss went 3-3 and drove in four runs to lead the team to the win. Sanders pitched four innings and allowed four earned runs before Edgar Regalado pitched the final three and allowed one earned run in the final inning.
The last game of the tournament saw the team lose to another private school, this one Southwest Christian School, 8-0 after five innings played.
A.J. Whatley got the only hit for Bowie in the game with a double and the team drew five walks, but that was it for the Jackrabbits offensively.
Brody Armstrong pitched three innings on the mound and allowed four earned runs before Trae Siegler came into to pitch the final two innings and allowed one earned run.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians played at their hosted Nokona American Ball Glove Classic tournament.
Only one game the Indians played was recorded on GameChanger which was a 14-9 win against Electra that was played for three and half innings.
Nocona scored nine of its 14 runs in the second inning to take control of the game.
Charlie Fuller along with Wesley and Walker Murphey each drove in two runs each to lead the team, with Walker hitting two triples.
Wesley pitched the whole game and allowed only one earned run despite not allowing a hit as the defense committed nine fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers had a good tournament at Era last week.
The Panthers went 3-0 during their play, winning all of their games handily.
Saint Jo first played S&S Consolidated and won 13-5 after three and half innings. The Panthers scored 10 runs in the third inning and were up 13-0 heading into the fourth inning.
Brice Durham led the team with three RBIs while Matthew Butler-Everson drove in two runs. Durham also pitched three no-hit, scoreless innings while striking out six.
Saint Jo’s next game against Sam Rayburn was a bit closer, but the Panthers won 9-3 after four and half innings thanks to Saint Jo scoring six runs in the fourth inning.
Trevor O’Neal led the team with three RBIs while Butler-Everson drove in two runs. O’Neal pitched three innings and Durham pitched two and combined to allow two earned runs and struck out seven batters.
The final game was a 7-1 win against Poolville after five innings. The Panthers led 3-1 heading into the final inning when they scored four runs to put the game away.
Logan Hoover led the team with two RBIs as five different players drove in one run each. Collin Thomas was one of those who also led the team with three hits.
Thomas also pitched four innings and allowed one earned run. Cooper Henson pitched the final inning and struck out three of the four batters he faced.

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Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory

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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.

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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney

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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.

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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages

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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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