SPORTS
Bowie volleyball wins home opener
Even with the season two and half weeks old, the Bowie Lady Rabbits played their first home game Tuesday night as they were tested by Millsap.
Fresh off a tough Glen Rose tournament where the Lady Rabbits played in the gold bracket, Bowie needed a tough match to keep sharp heading into their final tournament this weekend against bigger schools at Argyle.
The Lady Rabbits started the first set gaining an early 7-3 lead, but Millsap fought back to tie the score at 15-15. The Lady Bulldogs had a slight 21-19 lead winding down the first set, but Bowie was able to end the set strong, going on a 6-1 run to pull out the 25-22 win in the first set.
The second set started off with both teams exchanging blows. Millsap held a slight 8-7 lead, but then went on a 12-3 run on the strength of their service game as the Lady Rabbits had an issue trying to make that first pass and mounting any kind of offense.
The Lady Bulldogs held a 20-10 lead and it seemed like the set was a lost cause. Bowie made a valiant effort to come back, making Millsap have to take a timeout to make sure the Lady Rabbits did not gain too much momentum. Bowie ended up coming up short as the Lady Bulldogs ended up winning the set 25-19, but the momentum gained from making the set close ended up bleeding into the next one.
The beginning of the third set was similar to the second. This time the Lady Rabbits small 8-7 lead blossomed into a 19-11 lead due to good serves. Bowie did not let Millsap have any chance of coming back, scoring six straight points to close the set with a strangely one sided 25-11 win to put the Lady Rabbits up 2-1.
After strangely one sided second and third sets by both teams, the fourth set went back to a back and forth affair. The Lady Bulldogs had a small 8-7 lead before the score was tied 15-15. Millsap had a 4-1 five point run to give themselves a 19-16 lead as the set was winding down. With the Lady Bulldogs needing to win the set to force a fifth and final set, a three point lead late seemed huge.
Bowie got themselves going and even with Millsap calling a timeout to try and disrupt the momentum, the Lady Rabbit were one point away from winning in regulation 24-23. The Lady Bulldogs got the next point and the teams traded points as they were tied at 25-25. Bowie was able to secure the next two points to win the set 27-25 and the match 3-1.
Pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News to read the full story along with more photos.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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