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Volleyball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians win against Breckinridge on Saturday kept them tied at the top of the district standings with a 3-0 record.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets against the winless in-district Lady Buckaroos.
Nocona controlled all of the sets with scores of 25-10, 25-16 and 25-19.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 15 kills. Sydni Messer led the team with 20 assists and seven kills. Laramie Hayes had eight service aces as the team wracked up 18 in the match.
Coach Tanya Samples thought her team played well enough to get the job done and especially liked what she saw from the team in the first set.
The team will get tested this week playing Holliday earlier in the week before hosting district rival Bowie at home on Friday. The match is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. on Sept. 25.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers battled but came up short against Poolville at home on Friday.
The 2A Lady Monarchs won in straight sets, though the Lady Panthers made them work for two of the sets.
The first set was competitive with the teams tied at 15-15. Unfortunately, Poolville pulled away at the end to win 25-21.
The second set played out similarly to the first set. Saint Jo hung right with the Lady Monarchs, who led 18-17. From there it was all Poolville as it won seven of the next eight points to win the set 25-18.
The third set was not as close after the opening 10 points. The Lady Monarchs led 13-7 and never looked back as they won the set 25-14 to win the match.
Kayden Skidmore led the team with seven kills, Kaitline Harris with six assists and Kassidy Pitman with seven digs.
Coach Charlie Hamilton knew it was going to be tough playing another 2A team. She had her team trying to work on certain things to get ready for the other 1A schools.
The 1A part of district comes this week as Saint Jo plays at Graford at 5 p.m. on Sept. 25.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won in Harrold on Saturday in straight sets.
The Lady Bulldogs took care of the Lady Hornets despite a slow start and dealing with the smaller than normal gym with scores of 25-17, 25-5 and 25-18.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 15 kills and added 11 assists. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 12 assists, Briana Harris had five service aces and Hailey Winkler had 19 digs.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter had little to complain about how her team played overall.
Prairie Valley has some tough competition coming up against 2A teams in the district. The Lady Bulldogs host Windthorst at 10 a.m. on Sept. 26.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won in Electra on Saturday.
It took four sets, but the Lady Bears were in control most of the match with its aggressive serving and the ever improving net game.
Gold-Burg won the first two sets with scores 25-15 and 25-21. The Lady Tigers came back to win set three 25-19, but the Lady Bears took care of business in set four to win 25-20.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh liked how her team played and responded to her instruction to keep attacking.
Gold-Burg has a tough 2A district game next as it hosts Archer City at 10 a.m. on Sept. 26.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns tried their best to match up against 2A power Lindsay on Friday at home, but came up short.
The Lady Horns lost in straight sets as the big and accomplished Lady Knights won with set scores of 25-5, 25-12 and 25-9.
Katie Willett led the team with three kills. Faith Moore had a team high eight digs as she and Willett each had two assists as well. Kendal Cross and Keeleigh Burnam each had one service ace apiece.
Despite the loss, Coach Cori Hayes thought his team played well in certain areas despite being overmatched and will look to do better against 1A competition.
Forestburg next plays at fellow 1A competitor Perrin-Whitt at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 25.

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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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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.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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