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Volleyball Roundup

Published

9 months ago

08/30/2023

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians finished fourth overall at their hosted Buckle Up for Lane’s Sake Tournament last week.
The Lady Indians went 5-2 overall, only their final two matches against some of the top teams at the tournament.
Nocona was coming off a big win against Windthorst before the tournament, though it was still missing Kaygan Stone due to injury. Because of that, Aubree Kleinhans had to fill in at libero the whole time and ended up being selected to the all-tournament team.
In pool play, the Lady Indians easily breezed through Quanah, Pilot Point, Tioga and former county rival Bowie without dropping a set.
Winning its pool put Nocona in the gold bracket two days later.
There the Lady Indians beat S&S Consolidated in straight sets before playing Lindsay for a chance to go the championship match.
Nocona lost to Lindsay last year in the playoffs. It went down to the wire in set three, but the Lady Knights narrowly edged out the Lady Indians 26-24 to win the match.
Nocona’s last match was against former district opponent Henrietta, who had already beaten the Lady Indians earlier in the season. The Lady Cats repeated the feat, with the match also going to three sets as the Lady Indians finished the tournament in fourth place.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers got challenged in their tournament at Dublin last week playing some big schools and winning the silver bracket championship.
The Lady Panthers went 3-2 overall, with their biggest challenges coming in pool play.
Saint Jo just missed out on beating Comanche in three sets, losing by the narrowest margin in the final set. The team did not play well against Clyde, losing in straight sets.
The Lady Panthers escaped pool play with a win, handing Coleman a straight sets loss, even winning 16 points in a row at one point.
This left Saint Jo to play in the silver bracket on the final day.
The Lady Panthers played a tough Jacksboro team and while they won in straight sets, it was a close call in both sets.
The win put Saint Jo in the championship game of the silver bracket where it played a familiar team. Fellow pool team Coleman was there and even with the stakes higher and on a different day, the results were the same.
The Lady Panthers easily won both sets to win the silver bracket championship.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears had an up and down tournament at Wichita Christian.
Playing mostly bigger schools freshman and JV teams, the Lady Bears went 2-2-1 overall.
In pool play the Lady Bears won in straight sets against Wichita Falls freshman team and against Seymour.
In a match against Wichita Christian’s JV squad, the teams spilt the first two sets and did not play set three.
In bracket play, Gold-Burg first played Wichita Christian’s varsity team and lost in two sets before playing Wichita Falls JV team and losing in straight sets as well.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns won their third straight with a win at home against Chillicothe.
The Lady Horns won 3-1 against the Lady Eagles, having firm control on the match from the beginning.
Forestburg won the first two sets 25-22 and 25-17.
Taking its foot off the gas a little bit let Chillicothe back in and win set three 25-15. The Lady Horns then took care of business to win 25-20 in the fourth set to win the match 3-1.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles fell short on Saturday with a loss at Munday.
The Lady Moguls won in straight sets against the Lady Eagles.
Bellevue did play better as the match went on with set scores being 25-9, 25-12 and 25-18.
Coach Mollee Kirk is trying to get her team to mentally be ready to win as much as she is working on them with volleyball skills on the court.

Missing scores
Prairie Valley had a bye game late last week.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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District awards for 1A released

Published

55 mins ago

05/18/2024

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Bellevue’s Bryce Ramsey was named his district’s newcomer of the year.

With the baseball and softball seasons over for the area 1A schools, district awards have been released.
Listed below are those earned honors on the field and in the classroom for Saint Jo and Bellevue.

Softball
Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Utility player: Taylor Patrick; Catcher: Jordyn O’Neal

Baseball
Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Devin Stewart, Saint Jo
Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue

Pitcher: Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Jayden Curry, Saint Jo

Second team
Pitcher: Charlie Barclay, Saint Jo
Infielder: Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; Sam Martin, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Rylan Forrester, Saint Jo
Catcher: Charlie Evans, Saint Jo
Utility: Logan Hoover, Saint Jo
DH: Amzy Barclay, Saint Jo

Honorable mention
Cody Gaston, Saint Jo; Xander Joyner, Saint Jo

To see academic awards from Saint Jo players, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Forestburg coach retiring

Published

1 hour ago

05/18/2024

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Forestburg boys basketball coach Eldon Van Hooser helped lead the program to its first playoff win in nine years in his last year coaching.

Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie Sports Banquet

Published

3 days ago

05/15/2024

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.