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Volleyball Update
Nocona
Wanting to face one last great test before district starts, the Nocona Lady Indians traveled to Melissa on Tuesday for one last final exam.
Facing a state ranked 4A team with some superior size at the net and dynamic outside hitters, the match was sure to test everything the Lady Indians had worked on and experienced throughout the first month and half of the season.
Nocona was able to win the first set in convincing fashion 25-18 as the Lady Indians showed no fear in being aggressive in their attack. The second set went awry from the beginning as Nocona struggled with their serve-receive and fell behind quickly. They were never able to get anything going as the Lady Cardinals won going away with it 25-12 to tie the match.
The third set was tight throughout and went down to the wire. The Lady Indians trailed 23-21 and it looked like Melissa might go up one set on them. Nocona stormed back and the set went to extra points, where they were able to pull off the 27-25 win to go up 2-1.
Trying to close out the Lady Cardinals, Nocona again struggled with their serve-receive and was unable to mount a consistent offensive attack to break Melissa’s serve. The Lady Indians lost 25-18 as it went to a fifth and final set. They were not able to turn around their fortunes as Nocona lost 15-9.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 18 kills, Rachel Patrick led the team with 16 assists, Laramie Hayes led the team with 24 digs and Ella Nunneley had three aces.
Nocona opens district against City View at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 22 on the road.
Prairie Valley
It was another tough district match-up for the Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs as they hosted district power Archer City on Tuesday.
Right after playing the other big dog in the district Windthorst, Prairie Valley was hoping to compete better against a similar challenging opponent. While the second set proved to be a disaster, the Lady Bulldogs were able to compete well in the first in second set. Ultimately, they were not able to steal at set off the Lady Wildcats as they lost in straight sets 25-17, 25-6, 25-20.
Emily Carpenter led the team with seven kills, Sydni Mess had 10 assists, Shelby Roof had 13 digs and CeCe Mahin had one block.
Prairie Valley will be searching for their first district in as they play Electra at 10 a.m. on Sept. 22 on the road.
Forestburg
Things did not go well for the Forestburg Lady Horns on Tuesday as they hosted Valley View.
Not able to get much going, the Lady Horns lost in straight sets by the scores of 25-4, 25-8, 25-9. Lacy Huddleston led the team with three kills and Faith Moore led the team with four assists. Both had six digs each to lead the team while Kassidy Travis and Issabella Roller each had one ace each.
Forestburg next plays rival Saint Jo at 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 at home.
Gold-Burg
A promising start made it seem like the Gold-Burg Lady Bears had a chance to get their first district win Tuesday night at home against Electra.
Unfortunately, a promising first set was stolen from them and Gold-Burg could never recover.
The Lady Bears jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the first set as the Lady Tigers were having trouble with their serve-receive as unforced errors led to a lot of free points. Electra did turn things around and tied the set up at 10-10. Gold-Burg was still serving well enough and was still able to make the Lady Tigers their own worst enemy’s, feasting on free points as they led 19-16.
Electra came back and had a slight 23-22 lead, but the set was still anyone’s for the taking. The Lady Bears could not get enough balls to bounce their way as the Lady Tigers won 25-23.
The second set started out as a disaster. Gold-Burg’s serve receive could not make consistent passes to mount an offense capable of breaking Electra’s serve. The early tactic some of Lady Bears had of just getting the ball over the net and hope the other team messes up, was not working. The Lady Tigers got much more sharp as the match went along. This led to more mistakes from Gold-Burg as their serving became inconsistent when they did have an opportunity.
The Lady Bears did make a valiant comeback after falling behind 16-4, losing only 25-16 and hoped that late set play would carry over into the third set. Unfortunately, it was a similar story in the third set, but there would be no comeback as Electra won 25-7.
Gold-Burg will be looking for their first district win as they play Harrold at 10 a.m. on Sept. 22 on the road.
Saint Jo
It was not a good game for the Saint Jo Lady Panthers as they lost at Alvord on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers had a chance to win in the first three sets, but could only pull out the win in the second as they lost in four sets.
The Lady Bulldogs were able to steal the first set out from underneath Saint Jo as they won 26-24. The second set was just as close, but the Lady Panthers were able to close things out as they won 25-22 to tie the match. Alvord was able to win the close third set 25-20 and won the fourth set running away with it 25-14 to win the match.
Bailey Melton and Maddie Ogden led the team with three kills each while Charity Brawner led the team with five assists.
Saint Jo next plays rival Forestburg at 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 on the road.
To read all of the full stories, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Softball Roundup
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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Bowie, Nocona compete at area track
Both Bowie and Nocona track teams competed at the area meets on Thursday, with the Jackrabbits running at Breckenridge and the Indians at Graham.
As a team, the Bowie boys placed sixth overall, the Lady Rabbits finished 14th overall, the Indians got seventh overall and the Lady Indians earned sixth overall.
The Bowie boy’s team had four athletes finish fourth or better to qualify for the regional meet while the Nocona teams had 10 athletes move on.
The Jackrabbits had Case Curry and Tyler Richey gets second and fourth place in the pole vault to move on.
Tucker Jones finished third in the 110 meter hurdles to qualify along with Russell Anderson who also finished third in the 400 meters.
The Lady Rabbits did not have anyone move on, with Harlei Hudson getting sixth in the 100 meters and the 4×200 relay team finishing in eighth place.
From Nocona, both teams had athletes qualify in several events. Defending state champion Graci Brown won both the 400 and 800 meter races. She also anchored the 4×400 relay to second place and earned second in the long jump.
On the boy’s team, Caden Gaston finished first in the long jump, second in the 100 meters and third in the 200 meters. Kyle Waters finished fourth in the 400 meters and third in the 800 meters.
Individual qualifiers included Meg Meekins placing fourth in the 200 meters, Cooper Waldrip placing second in the 300 meter hurdles and the boys 4×400 relay team finishing in fourth place.
The regional meets are both scheduled for April 19-20 if weather permits. The Bowie team will compete at Elmer Gray Stadium at Abilene Christian University. The Nocona team will compete at Springtown High School.
Results for all Bowie and Nocona athletes are in the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Lady Rabbits beat Vernon on senior night
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won their senior night on Friday against Vernon.
The Lady Rabbits won 10-4 against the Lady Lions.
Bowie was hoping it could play well after a couple of losses where one bad defensive inning had really set the team back. The Lady Rabbits knew it would be a good opportunity as they had beaten Vernon a few weeks back 14-3.
The first two innings saw Bowie’s bats fail to go off and challenge the Lady Lions much. In the second inning, Vernon hit a leadoff single and two fielding errors later allowed one run to score.
Down 1-0 heading into the third inning, the Lady Rabbits started to get hot with their bats following a flawless defensive inning.
After two singles, Serenity Klump drove in two runs with a double to help Bowie take the lead. After getting on third base, she eventually was able to score thanks to a passed ball.
Following a walk and a double hit by Sadie Britt, Kaylie Kinney followed with a double that drove in two more runs to make it 5-1 for the Lady Rabbits.
After a scoreless fourth inning, Vernon answered back in the fifth inning. After hitting a batter and walking another, a Lady Lion hitter drove the ball into the gap. An error trying to field the ball allowed not just both base runners to score, but the batter to get all the way around to score. Vernon cut the lead to one run 5-4.
Bowie got one of the runs back. Klump led off with a walk and Laci Goodwin then drove her in with a triple to make it 6-4.
After another flawless defensive inning, the Lady Rabbits added to their lead in the sixth inning to put the game away.
After three straight singles from Victoria Cox, Chloe Kinney and Rhyan Carle led off the inning, Klump cleared the bases with a double to drive in three runs.
Three batters later, she was able to score from third base after an error at catcher to make it 10-4.
The Lady Lions needed to come alive in the final inning, but besides a one out single, the Bowie defense was able to shut them down for the final two outs with no issue.
The Lady Rabbits won 10-4.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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