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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Bowie moves closer to second
By DANI BLACKBURN
The Bowie High School volleyball team traveled to Henrietta on Saturday, prepared to show who deserved second place as the two teams sat tied in the district race.
That’s exactly what the Lady Rabbits did, sweeping the Lady Bearcats in three sets by scores of 25-14, 25-19 and 26-24.
The teams were tied after Bowie lost to Henrietta in five sets the first time the teams faced off, but Bowie was prepared to take back what was theirs.
“The first play here was a good match, it went to five sets but this time we were ready to take care of business,” said Head Coach Jeanie Stark. “Each game we have won has built up our confidence along the way, and we were mentally prepared to take care of business and do the job. The team was determined to win.”
Leading that determination on offense was Addy Cook, with 16 kills for the game. Cook also added 14 assists, two blocks, six digs and two ace serves.
Taylor Thompson set up the offense with 19 set assists and contributed 12 digs, one kill and one ace.
Henslee Ogle scooped up 16 digs on defense, followed by Mackenzie Tole with nine and Carcyn Robertson with eight. Tole also had four kills and one block, while Robertson had two set assists and two kills. Read more in the Oct. 26 Bowie News.
Bowie’s Addy Cook (10), who has moved from just outside hitter to a setter spot in the Lady Rabbits’ 6-2 offense, worked well with teammate Aslyn Davis (9) during Saturday’s pivotal District 3A-8 match at Henrietta. The Lady Rabbits took care of the Lady ‘Cats in three games. (News photos by Dani Blackburn)
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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