SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers beat 3A Valley View at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Eagles.
Saint Jo controlled every set, winning with scores 25-14, 25-17 and 25-16.
Coach Kelly Skidmore thought her team played well overall and they are starting to work well as a group and believe in one another.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians traveled to Millsap on Tuesday and beat the Lady Bulldogs.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets, controlling Millsap in each set to win comfortably.
Nocona won the first and third sets 25-18, but really took it to the Lady Bulldogs in the second set winning 25-9.
Coach Kara Lucherk credited Skyler Smith for her huge stat line of getting 14 kills, 17 assists and 16 digs.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost against a good Graford team on the road Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets against the Lady Bears.
Gold-Burg’s lack of height at the net cost them against a tough Graford team that was rolling. The set scores were 25-8, 25-10 and 25-10.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a competitive match at Chillicothe on Tuesday night.
The Lady Eagles won 3-1, with the Lady Bulldogs showing some fight when their backs were against the wall.
Chillicothe won the tightly contested first set by the narrowest of the margins 25-23. Prairie Valley had trouble bouncing back from it after coming up just short and the Lady Eagles won the second set easily 25-10.
The Lady Bulldogs responded well in the third set, taking control and winning comfortably 25-16. Unfortunately, they could not keep up the momentum in the fourth set. Chillicothe won it 25-18 to seal the victory 3-1.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles hosted their first volleyball game in a long time on Tuesday against Electra.
Unfortunately, the Lady Tigers were spoilers as they beat the Lady Eagles in straight sets.
Bellevue got a little bit better after every set as Electra won with set scores being 25-6, 25-9 and 25-11.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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