SPORTS

AREA VOLLEYBALL: Lady Horns stay in playoff race

Published

12 years ago

10/11/2014

By BLAKE WOOD
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net

The Forestburg High School volleyball team knows every win is important right now.
The Lady Horns continued their push for a District 2A-10 playoff spot – improving their record to 19-11, 5-3 in the district – after a straight-set victory by the scores of 25-10, 25-6, 25-6.
“I feel like we could have done better,” said Lady Bears coach Lyndsey Shaw. “We weren’t very focused on the game.”
“They performed well,” said Lady Horns coach Rosana Barbosa. “They entered the game motivated, which helped. They served well and only had a few fixable mistakes.”
It appeared at times throughout the game both teams had an issue with the ball bouncing from the ceiling, something Shaw acknowledges.
“Well the thing is, we work on that in practices,” Shaw said. “We run drills to prepare ourselves for that. Like I said, we just didn’t focus really well in the game. It caught us off guard.
“Forestburg has some good hitters,” Shaw said. “They did a good job finding our weak spots and hitting them.”

Forestburg’s Virginia Cody (5) touches the ball over the net while teammate Kendall Wallace (16) watches during Tuesday’s District 2A-10 volleyball match at Stoneburg. Click on the image for the complete photo. (News photo by Blake Wood)

SPORTS

Bowie, Nocona compete in VB scrimmages

Published

6 days ago

08/13/2026

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Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.

Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.

“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”

Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Rabbit netters beat Graham

Published

6 days ago

08/13/2026

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Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.

In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.

Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.

In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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New Nocona gym nearing completion

Published

2 weeks ago

08/06/2026

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Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.

The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.

Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.

Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.