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Volleyball area all-district lists revealed
With the volleyball state titles being handed out a few weeks ago, all of the volleyball all-district awards have now been given out.
Bowie and Nocona teams were in different districts this year while all of the county’s 1A schools (Saint Jo, Prairie Valley, Gold-Burg, Forestburg) were in the same one for the first time.
The Lady Rabbits had one superlative player make the list.
Libero BJ Mills was named the district’s most valuable defender.
First team selections included Neely Price, Maddie Mandela and Jojo Villarreal. Second team selections were Gracie Duke, Olivia Gill and Ziba Robbins.
The Lady Indians had two superlative selections. Skyler Smith was named the district’s offensive most valuable player. Coach Kara Lucherk was named the district’s coach of the year.
First team selections included Megyn Meekins and Kaygan Stone while Graci Brown and Bren Fenoglio was named to the second team.
On the 1A list, several superlative award had two winners. The district’s overall MVP went to Saint Jo’s Kayden Skidmore and Prairie Valley’s Karagan Ritchie. The offensive MVP went to Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman and Prairie Valley’s Carmen Gomez.
The blocker of the year went to Gold-Burg’s Sadie Weaver and Saint Jo’s Cara Vogel. Coach of the year went to Kelly Skidmore at Saint Jo and Prairie Valley’s Amanda Aldriedge.
Other superlative awards were won by one person. The defensive MVP went to Sara Horton from Prairie Valley. Setter of the year went to Kai Cearley from Prairie Valley.
Libero of the year went to Taylor Patrick from Saint Jo. Newcomer of the year went o Alli Cisneros from Forestburg.
First team all-district members from Gold-Burg included Sadie Whitaker, Shadie Whitaker, Sierra Weaver and Ollie Gaston. From Prairie Valley it included Emma Stout, Makaylee Gomez and Linzie Priddy. From Saint Jo Payzlie Cervantes and Maxey Johnson were named to the first team. Forestburg had Madi Deason named to the first team.
Second team all-district members from Gold-Burg included Madison Fulmer, Destinie Weaver and Jimena Garcia. Saint Jo had Aliyah Vasquez and Reagan Wilson named to the second team. Forestburg had Logan Ladewig and Justynne Roller named to the district’s second team. Prairie Valley’s Summer English was also on the second team list.
To see the full list that also includes honorable mention and academic all-district selections, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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