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Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits made the long drive to Breckenridge worth it on Tuesday as they beat the Lady Buckaroos.
The Lady Rabbits took care of business in straight sets though Breckenridge made them work for it in the second set.
Bowie won the first and third sets 25-17, but had to go to extra points in order to win the second set 27-25.
Caylin Johns led the team with 10 kills while Maddie Mandela had a team high 13 assists. Neely Price was second in both with six kills and 11 assists. Halle Duvall had a game high five service aces.
Defensively Taygon Jones led the team with 30 digs while Gracie Duke had two blocks.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won a crucial district match against Perrin-Whitt at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Pirates, dominating with set scores 25-18, 25-14 and 25-15.
Kayden Skidmore and Taylor Patrick each had a team high seven kills. Skidmore also led the team with six assists and four service aces as well.
Coach Kelly Skidmore knew it was an important win for her young team as far as the district standings.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough one against 2A Windthorst at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Trojans won in straight sets with scores being 25-18, 25-18 and 25-13.
Emily Carpenter led the team with seven kills and 22 digs. Veronica Gutierrez had 13 assists while Brianna Harris had two blocks. Carmen Gomez added five kills on offense.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a gutsy match to 2A Petrolia at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Pirates won, but the Lady Bears made them go to four sets and earn it at the end.
Gold-Burg fell behind losing the first two sets by the scores 25-21 and 25-14. The Lady Bears then won the third set 25-21. Gold-Burg then competed well throughout the fourth set, but Petrolia found a way to pull ahead at the end, winning 25-21 to win the match.
Forestburg
The Forstburg Lady Horns lost in straight sets at home against Graford on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits won the first two sets by comfortable margins 25-16 and 25-10, but the Lady Horns made them work for it in the third set.
It went into extra points, but unfortunately Forestburg came up short losing 27-25 to end the match.
Rachel Allen led the team with four aces and six digs. Bailey Payne had a team high three assists while Reagan Ladewig had one block. Faith Moore, Rebeca Sanchez and Allen each had two kills to lead the team.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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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