By ERIC VICCARO
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The Forestburg High School volleyball team used a strong service game to sweep Prairie Valley 25-9, 25-13, 25-11 on Tuesday.
“Forestburg serves very well, and we just couldn’t get the ball in play,” Prairie Valley head coach Jeannine Carpenter said.
Carpenter said the Lady Bulldogs are showing perseverance, and they are working hard despite a recent string of losses.
Forestburg leveled both its overall and District 2A-10 records at 12-12 and 3-3, respectively. Prairie Valley dropped to 5-12, 0-6.
Prairie Valley had the daunting task of facing Texas Girls Coaches Association state-ranked Lindsay on Friday while Forestburg was prepared to battle Saint Jo in a Montague County showdown.
“We’ve kind of hit a stride where we are playing really great as a team and grinding out some wins,” Forestburg head coach Cori Hayes said.
Hayes said Forestburg has found its strengths and what the girls need to work on.
Forestburg won a whopping 37 points in the match on its service game alone, guided by a career-high 23 aces from Hope Phipps.
Phipps makes things hard for the opposition with a wicked jump serve. Read more, and see complete District 2A-10 standings, in the weekend Bowie News.

Forestburg’s Hope Phipps executes a jump serve during Tuesday’s District 2A-10 match at Forestburg. Phipps recorded a career-best 23 aces in a three-game sweep. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)