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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians traveled on Tuesday to take on Bridgeport, one of the top ranked teams in 4A.
The Lady Indians hung in there in a back and forth match with neither team able to put the other away. Unfortunately, the home team pulled out the win in the fifth set to send Nocona home a little put down, but also encouraged.
The Sissies came in with division I recruit Zoe Hall and tall Anna Strother. The Lady Indians knew they were going to give them issues all night with the team’s relative lack of elite height at the net.
Still, Nocona battled in a first set that could have gone either way. Some service errors from the Lady Indians cost them the set as Bridgeport won 26-24.
Nocona refocused and dominated set two to win 25-10 to tie the match. The Sissies wrestled back control by closing out the end of set three to win 25-18 to retake the lead.
The fourth set was another battle with neither team able to gain much of a lead. This time the Lady Indians were able to make the plays at the end to take the set 26-24 to force a fifth set.
Bridgeport grabbed control of the set and won 15-9 to take the match.
Averee Kleinhans led Nocona with 26 kills while adding 11 digs, three assists and two blocks. Ella Nunneley provided a good second option with 15 kills while setter Trystin Fenoglio had a season high of 50 assists to go along with a team high three aces.
On defense, libero Laramie Hayes led the team with 19 digs while middle blocker Jessica Dingler led the team with three blocks.
Nocona next plays Lindsay at home at 6 p.m. on Aug. 27 before they get ready for its hosted Buckle Up for Lane tournament next weekend.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs traveled to Chillicothe on Tuesday night and picked up a solid win against the Lady Eagles in straight sets.
The Lady Bulldogs had to work to win each set, but were able win each by a comfortable enough lead to not sweat things too much. Prairie Valley won 25-18, 25-19 and 25-2.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 12 kills with Shelby Roof right behind her with 10 kills. Veronica Gutierrez dished out 14 assists to lead the team while libero Hailey Winkler led the team with 10 digs.
Prairie Valley next plays Northside at 5 p.m. at home on Aug. 27.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns traveled to Perrin-Whitt on Tuesday and showed some good things to the Lady Pirates.
Unfortunately, the Lady Horns came up short as they lost in four sets.
Perrin-Whitt won the first set 25-13, but Forestburg came back to win a tightly contested second set 25-23 to show it was not playing around. The Lady Pirates tightened things up in sets three and four and took care of business to win 25-13 and 25-17 against the Lady Horns.
Keeleigh Burnam led the team with four kills and seven digs. Katie Willett led the team with five assists to go with her three kills. Athena Britain had a team high five aces to go along with two kills and five digs on defense.
Forestburg next plays at 5 p.m. at Bryson on Aug. 27.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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