SPORTS
Mottos in place; practices start
Practices kicked off this week across the state for fall high school sports.
With it comes the molding of a team from coaches as the grind for the next three to four months starts.
The best case scenario is that has been taking place since the end of last season or at least during the summer when athletes came in for summer workouts.
Now that practices are mandatory and games are on the horizon, the messaging sinks in even more for coaches and athletes if they want to have a successful year.
Several coaches like to adopt a team saying, motto or message that can communicate several things.
Whether it be a mentality on the field, off the field or just a good value the coach wants to get across, it can come in many different forms.
A lot of them do not take much explaining to figure it out. Usually it is short enough to fit on team merchandise or on a schedule.
Some social media heavy coaches even try to make it a hashtag.
This year several Montague County coaches are looking to instill a message into their team from day one.
Bowie football coach Tyler Price has the motto “raise the bar” which is a consistent message he has been saying since he first took the job in the spring of 2023.
New Saint Jo football coach CJ Hantz described himself as an intense coach who praises tough athletes on and off the field when he got the job. The team motto “grit and relentlessness” is on brand.
At Gold-Burg, football coach Christian Healer is entering year two and wants to establish a program that will feature his type of athletes. The motto is “we over me”.
At Forestburg, football coach Greg Roller has a program-wide motto that is on the longer side. It is “selfless, not selfish-more people doing every sports-pushing toward a triple crown.”
Not all coaches responded to the email.
To read the full story, 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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