SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians were outlasted by Henrietta in the second round of district in a tight five-set match on Saturday by 25-27, 25-16, 25-14, 26-28 and 13-15.
Averee Kleinhans led the Lady Indians with a whopping 28 kills and 23 digs, while Trystin Fenoglio provided her team with 46 assists.
Ella Nunneley put up four blocks and added 12 kills and Brooke O’Neal chipped in five ace serves.
“The games that we lost were point-for-point,” said Nocona Lady Indians Coach Tiffany Clay. “We had several opportunities to close it out, but we just didn’t execute.”
The Lady Indians will take on Childress at home this Saturday. The varsity game will follow the junior varsity games set to begin at 11:30 a.m. in two gymnasiums.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers edged out the Alvord Lady Bulldogs in a five-set home match on Friday night. Bailey Melton powered the Lady Panther offense with 13 kills while adding in eight blocks.
Charity Brawner led her team with 20 assists and chipped in six kills and four blocks, while Hannah Reyling and Maddie Ogden each put down eight kills each. Kaitline Harris provided an additional 15 assists.
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers will take on Forestburg at home this Friday. The varsity game will follow the 4:30 p.m. junior varsity match.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears put up a four-set fight against Electra on the road Saturday despite several players out due to illness.
Despite battling through, the Lady Bears were topped 20-25, 25-17, 13-25, 18-25.
“We played phenomenal volleyball against Electra,” said Gold-Burg Lady Bears Coach Cheryl Cromleigh. “We played our best match as a team. We had three out sick, so I played with a small, scrappy lineup.”
The Lady Bears wrap up district action on the road at Prairie Valley at 10 a.m. Oct. 23.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs were topped in three sets to volleyball powerhouse Archer City on the road Saturday by 15-25, 18-25, 11-25.
Despite the loss, the Lady Bulldogs played well against the strong team.
“This was an exciting game for us, although we were unable to take them past three, we played well,” said Prairie Valley Coach Jeannie Carpenter. “We are still struggling to keep momentum going in our favor, but we have done a great job of hanging in there with these tough teams.”
The Lady Bulldogs will play against Harrold on the road Saturday. Games begin at 10 a.m.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns fell 7-25, 7-25, 6-25 to Valley View on Friday despite four kills from Kassidy Travis and seven digs from Lacy Huddleston.
Athena Britain led the team in ace serves and Faith Moore provided four assists.
“We played okay,” said Forestburg Volleyball Coach Cori Hayes. “It has been a long and frustrating season for the girls but they are still playing with a lot of passion and heart.”
The Lady Horns will play at Saint Jo Friday.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
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.
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.
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