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Volleyball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians hosted Lindsay on Tuesday night in the game before its hosted Buckle Up for Lane Tournament.
The Lady Indians came away with a straight sets victory against the Lady Knights.
The first two sets were only won by the thinnest of margins, but Nocona came away with wins 25-22 and 25-23. The third set saw the Lady Indians a little more in control as they won 25-20.
Statistical leaders for Nocona included Laramie Hayes leading the team with 19 digs, Trystin Fenoglio leading the team with 28 assists and Averee Kleinhans leading the team with 19 kills and three aces. Ella Nunneley was second with 13 kills, but led the team with four blocks.
The Lady Indians won their pool on Thursday and will play in the gold bracket on Saturday. Their results will be in Wednesday’s paper.
Nocona next plays at Whitesboro at 6 p.m. on Sept. 3.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers rebounded from a disappointing loss last week with a win at home on Tuesday night against the 3A team City View.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Mustangs with scores of 25-21, 25-18 and 25-23.
The big win at home against a high classification team is just what Saint Jo needed following its loss at Prairie Valley on Aug. 23.
Statistical leaders included Paityn Holley with six kills and two blocks, Kaitline Harris with 15 assists and Kassidy Pitman with six digs. Hannah Reyling added five kills along with Kymber Pitman getting three.
The Lady Panthers next play Wichita Christian at 5 p.m. on Sept. 3 at home

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears traveled to Perrin-Whitt on Tuesday night to take on the Lady Pirates.
Wanting to head into their own hosted tournament on a win streak after winning in Forestburg on Aug. 23, the Lady Bears won 3-1 in a tough match on the road with no set being won by more than five points.
Gold-Burg won the first two sets with similar scores 25-21 and 25-20. Unfortunately, Perrin-Whitt would not quit as it won a closely decided third set by the thinnest of margins 26-24 to force a fourth set.
The Lady Bears were determined not to let the Lady Pirates back into the match as it won the fourth set 25-20 to win the match 3-1.
Gold-Burg next plays Olney at 5 p.m. on Sept. 3 at home.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost at home on Tuesday night to Vernon Northside.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter said the Lady Indians are the best team the Lady Bulldogs have faced this season and it showed in the score. Vernon Northside won in straight sets with scores of 25-17, 25-23 and 25-16.
Coming off a cathartic victory against county team Saint Jo on Friday and seeing itself in the Texas Girls Coaches Association Poll top 25 poll for the first time all season, the game was a reminder to always keep working.
Prairie Valley plays at district rival Gold-Burg this weekend for its final tournament. The Lady Bears seem hell-bent on trying to take the district title away from the Lady Bulldogs this season. Saturday will be a preview for both teams of things to come.
Prairie Valley hosts Alvord at 6 p.m. on Sept. 3.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

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