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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Local subvarsity report

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11 years ago

08/29/2015

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Tuesday’s Matches

Bowie Junior Varsity

Lindsay at Bowie Maroon

Lindsay def. Bowie 25-21, 25-13

Individual standouts: Lauren Gill, three kills and two digs; Maddie Baker, seven assists and two kills; and Mackenzie Gresham, three kills and three ace serves
Record: Bowie, 1-2

Lindsay at Bowie White

Lindsay def. Bowie 25-17, 25-15

Individual standouts: Madison Chandler, five kills and four ace serves; Lydia Jones, six assists
Record: Bowie, 2-1

Nocona Junior Varsity

Gainesville at Nocona Orange

Nocona def. Gainesville 25-12, 24-26, 25-8

Individual standouts: Patricia Espinoza, seven ace serves, six kills; Brooke O’Neal, five ace serves, three digs; Kinley Hansard, six aces, 23 digs; Rachel Patrick, five kills, nine assists and seven digs
Record: Nocona, 7-1

Gainesville at Nocona Black

Nocona def. Gainesville 25-7, 25-12

Individual standouts: Nancy Espinoza, 13 assists, three digs; Karlee Keck, five digs, four kills; Grayson Trumbull, three digs, five kills; Kynadee Croxton, three kills; Kambryn Pierce, three digs; Taylor Rivera, seven ace serves, five digs; Andrea O’Neal, four ace serves; Madeline O’Neal, four ace serves.
Record: Nocona, 3-4

Next: Nocona will be at the Bowie junior varsity tournament with both JV Orange and JV Black in action. The event begins at 8 a.m.

The Nocona High School junior varsity “Orange” team garnered the Petrolia Junior Varsity tournament last Saturday. The team consists of the following players, Lexi Towery, Patty Espinoza, Kiersten Sutton, Hailey Kelly, Rachel Patrick, Neeli Williams, Yvonne Croxton, Kinley Hansard, Lindey Hackley, Brooke O’Neal, Camry Tompkins and Ashlee Womack. Heather Nobile serves as the head coach. (Courtesy photo)

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Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory

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2 days ago

08/20/2026

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In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.

The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.

Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.

After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.

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

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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney

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2 days ago

08/20/2026

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Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.

After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.

From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.

To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.

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

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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages

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2 days ago

08/20/2026

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County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.

Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.

“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”

Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.

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