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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Boxell family wins 8th title
The Brock High School boys’ basketball team won the Conference 3A crown on Saturday with a 37-32 victory over Universal City Randolph.
Brock pulled away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Randolph 13-6.
This marked Zach Boxell’s first state championship as a head coach. Zach is the son of Bowie head boys’ basketball coach Doug Boxell.
The Ro-Hawks were up 32-31 with 3:29 left on a traditional 3-point play by Bryan London.
But, Brock’s Lance Ewell responded by scoring the final six points of the game. Ewell hit a jumper, two free throws and scored on a fastbreak layup with 21 seconds left.
This marks the eighth title overall for the Boxell family. It marked Brock’s ninth state tournament appearance, and the Eagles finished the season 37-2.
Doug Boxell won three championships at Ponder and one apiece at Santo and Sudan. Zach also garnered two state titles while at Nazareth, like Sudan way out in west Texas.
“I’m really excited for Zach,” Doug said. “They did a great job all season and deserved to win. It’s pretty neat.”
Zach Boxell has also coached at Greenwood, Lake Dallas, Winters and Blue Ridge. Read more, and see all championship scores, in the mid-week Bowie News.
Zach Boxell, left, and Doug Boxell coach for Brock and Bowie High Schools, respectively. Bowie and Brock played each other in December during the regular season. Zach Boxell’s Brock team won state last Saturday for his third title and eighth for the family. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Blake Wood)
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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