By ERIC VICCARO
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The Bowie High School volleyball team continued to make adjustments without Karlyn Dean as the Lady Rabbits middle blocker.
In Saturday’s District 3A-9 match against Jacksboro, Bowie had to contend with a feisty Tigerettes squad that pushed Nocona to four games on Sept. 15.
Jacksboro really pressed Bowie during the second set, and the score was level at 24-all.
The Lady Rabbits responded by scoring two points in a row to take the frame.
Bowie rolled to a 23-15 lead in the third set as Jacksboro began committing hitting errors, and the Lady Rabbits held off the Tigerettes. The Lady Rabbits claimed the third set and the victory on another Jacksboro attack error.
The only set in which Bowie won with an offensive play was the first as Madison Little executed a well-placed tip on Jacksboro’s side of the hardwood.
In the end, Bowie won by scores of 25-20, 26-24, 25-20, improving to 17-12 and 2-1 in 3A-9. The Lady Rabbits travelled to Nocona to face their in-county rival Tuesday.
“Overall, we were pleased with finishing the match in three sets,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said. “Jacksboro is a much improved team. I always feel when a match goes into a fourth set, anything can happen.”
Stark said Bowie didn’t play with as much intensity or consistency as the four-set victory over Boyd on Sept. 15, but the Lady Rabbits’ efficient serving was a help. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.

Bowie’s Madison Little (17) prepares to pound the ball during Saturday’s District 3A-9 match against Jacksboro in Jacksboro. The Lady Rabbits swept the Tigerettes. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)