SPORTS
Powerlifters qualify for state meet
After competing at the regional meet at Bells last week, the area has four girls that qualified for the state powerlifting meet.
Bowie’s Jeileigh Schaffer, Bellevue’s Brylie Hager and Nocona’s Kaitlyn Tiffner and Savannah Wade are all heading to the state meet after finishing in the top two in their weight class.
Bowie had four girls competing in division I. Schaffer got second in the 242 weight class, lifting a total of 685 pounds. Haley Henry earned points getting fourth place in the 114 class as the Lady Rabbits finished in ninth place overall. Alleson Aguirre earned sixth place in the 148 class and Trently Brewer failed to complete all three of her lifts, or bombed out.
Nocona had six girls competing in the 1A-2A division and had three lifters finish within the top five in their weight class to earn points as the Lady Indians finished fourth overall.
Tiffner earned her third straight trip to state, winning the 105 weight class with a total of 500 pounds. Wade won the 123 pound class as she lifted 695 total pounds.
While she missed out on qualifying for state, Jaelyn Rodriguez earned third place in the 220 class to round out Nocona’s scoring. Yazmin Ibarra and Kylea Wallace both got ninth place in their weight classes while Caris Johnson bombed out.
Bellevue, competing in the 1A-2A regional meet for the first time ever as a program, had Hager finish second in the 105 weight class as she lifted 485 total pounds. She becomes the first ever athlete from the school to qualify for the state meet.
The Lady Eagles had three other lifters compete as well. Brittany Gill earned eighth place, Ella Broussard got 10th place and Mary Grace Broussard ended up bombing out.
To read the full story and see results for all lifters from Bowie, Nocona and Bellevue, pick up a copy of the weekly 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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