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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Boyd too much for Bowie again
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Bowie High School first-year head coach Brant Farris credits Boyd’s togetherness as a reason why the Lady Jackets are such a formidable team.
That esprit de corps was omnipresent on Tuesday as Boyd defeated Bowie for the second time this season, 11-2, in District 3A-9 action.
“They are all familiar with each other and they’ve been playing softball at a high level,” Farris said.
Bowie dropped to 13-12, 6-3 in the district. Boyd stands at 7-2 in 3A-9, tied with Holliday.
Many of Boyd’s girls play club softball as a means of betterment. Like Bowie’s baseball team, a slew of Lady Jackets have signed on to play college softball. Boyd is currently ranked in the top-25 of the Texas Girls Coaches Association poll.
Chelsea Arlington kept Bowie to single runs in the first and second innings en route to the win.
“She works both sides of the plate and she goes hard at hitters,” Farris said of Arlington, who threw 93 pitches in a complete-game performance.
Arlington struck out five and walked one. Only one of the two runs Arlington surrendered was earned. She scattered four Bowie hits.
Taylor McCarty had success against Arlington, the only Lady Rabbit with a multiple-hit game. She also walked once. Addy Cook and Petie Wolsey went 1-for-3.
Braxton Deford and Wolsey both scored for Bowie. Wolsey scored on Courtney Brady’s RBI groundout in the opening inning. Read more, and see the complete box score, in the weekend Bowie News.
Petie Wolsey tags out a Boyd runner during Tuesday’s District 3A-9 game against Boyd. The Lady Rabbits suffered an 11-2 loss to the Lady Jackets. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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