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Bowie volleyball finishes third at Godley tournament
The Bowie Lady Rabbits played in their final tournament last week in the first Godley Classic that featured several tough teams.
The Lady Rabbits made a big impression as they went 6-1 during the two days of competition and finished third overall in the gold bracket while picking up several wins against opponents ranked among the best in the state in the most current Texas Girls Coaches Association poll.
In pool play, Bowie first played Hillsboro. The Lady Rabbits made quick work in the first set winning 25-13 while the second set was a bit tougher. In the end Bowie won 25-22 to win the first match in straight sets.
The second match against Keene went even smoother. Both sets were won by the Lady Rabbits by double digits, 25-15 and 25-14.
The final match in pool play would be much tougher. Bridgeport came in ranked as one of the best teams in the state in 4A and fresh off of winning a grueling five-set match at county rival Nocona on Aug. 20.
Bowie was not intimidated as it won the first set at the end after pulling away 25-22. The Sissies won the second set 25-19 to force a third and final set. It went back and forth and could have gone either way, but the Lady Rabbits pulled off the upset to win 26-24.
After pool play Aslyn Davis led the team with 18 kills, Lexi Kirkham with eight blocks, Landra Parr with 30 assists and Taygon Jones with 52 digs.
The 3-0 record in pool play qualified Bowie to play in the gold bracket on Saturday where it would play a familiar opponent.
Bridgeport was up again in the first round of bracket play.
With the mental edge being won in the first matchup, the Lady Rabbits against the top ranked Sissies won again in bracket play, this time in straight sets and scores of 25-10 and 25-22. Bridgeport came into the tournament with only one loss and ranked second in the state in 4A.
Bowie next played 4A state ranked Krum. While not ranked as high as the Sissies team the Lady Rabbits had handed two straight losses to coming into the tournament, the Lady Cats would show why they would go on to win the tournament. Krum handed Bowie its first loss of the tournament in straight sets.
The Lady Rabbits played its final game against Maypearl for a chance at the third place title.
The Lady Panthers also came into the tournament with some clout as it was ranked in the top 20 best teams in the state in 3A, but Bowie would show why rankings did not matter.
Bowie won the first set with a comfortable margin 25-18 before Maypearl tied the match up by winning the second set 25-21.
The Lady Rabbits were able to refocus in the third set and played brilliantly as they won a one-sided set 25-13 to win the match and finish in third place.
After going 6-1 with three wins against ranked opponents, the previously unranked Bowie now sits at 10 in this week’s current TGCA poll.
To read the rest of the 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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