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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Bowie shows betterment on defense
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Defense wins games.
Perhaps no sport is that more the case than softball. Bobbles and miscues can lead to big innings – for the other girls.
This weekend, the Bowie High School softball team made tremendous strides in improving their defense and it paid off as the Lady Rabbits went 3-2 at their own tournament.
Bowie now stands at 5-6, before the team played Nocona in the District 3A-9 opener for both squads on Tuesday evening.
“At the Brock Tournament two weeks ago, we made 26 errors in six games,” Bowie first-year head coach Brant Farris said. “Here we made eight errors in five games. We are starting to make routine plays, and defense is what we’ve been working on in practices.”
The weekend featured many highlights, including a Maylie Short no-hitter in a Bowie conquest over Decatur and Courtney Brady’s grand-slam home run in a loss to Petrolia.
“That was quite a feat,” Farris said. “She was able to hit her spots, and the defense stood behind her.”
In Short’s no-hitter, she recorded 29 strikes in 52 total pitches. She struck out four and walked one, giving up an unearned run. She threw 10 first-pitch strikes to help out.
Farris was pleased to see the girls battle through Friday’s cold weather. Both dugouts featured heaters as temperatures plummeted to about 40 degrees by the end of the Petrolia contest. Read more, and see complete boxscores, in the mid-week Bowie News. Also see Nocona softball and baseball results in our newspaper.
Bowie High School’s Petie Wolsey makes a play in centerfield during Friday’s tournament game versus Fort Worth Christian. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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