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Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Saint Jo
County teams Prairie Valley and Saint Jo played each other on Friday night in a rematch from last year’s tussle in the regional quarterfinals.
The Lady Panthers might have come out on top last year, but it was the Lady Bulldogs who found some sort redemption by winning at home 3-1.
The first set saw Prairie Valley win with a comfortable margin 25-16. The second set was much closer, but the Lady Bulldogs were able to win 25-22 to go up 2-0.
Saint Jo was able to rebound and win the third set 25-20 to avoid losing in straight sets.
Unfortunately for the Lady Panthers, Prairie Valley did not give Saint Jo any chance to think about forcing a fifth set. The Lady Bulldogs got up early and did not let go as they won 25-10 to win the match.
Prairie Valley’s Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 19 assists, Emily Carpenter led the team with 15 kills and Hailey Winkler led the team with 24 digs.
The Lady Bulldogs Coach Jeannie Carpenter was worried her girls would get in their own heads trying to get revenge, but instead her team pulled together its best game of the season.
Saint Jo Coach Charlie Hamilton did not have a lot to say about the game other than her team did not play well.
Prairie Valley next plays at Wichita Christian at 5 p.m. on Aug. 30 before traveling to Gold-Burg on Aug. 31 to play in its final tournament. The Lady Panthers next travel to Chico and will play at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 30.
Forestburg vs Gold-Burg
Gold-Burg played its second county opponent of the week on Friday as it traveled to Forestburg, taking on Saint Jo at home earlier in the week.
The Lady Bears would end up winning 3-1, but the Lady Horns made them work for it in most sets.
The first set was close, but Gold-Burg made the plays at the end to win 25-22. Forestburg won the second set that was equally as close 25-21 to tie the match up at one set apiece.
The Lady Bears made the push to win the third set 25-22 before wrapping the match up with a big 25-14 four set win.
Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh liked how her team looked in the win, especially on the road.
Despite the loss, Forestburg Coach Cori Hayes liked the competitiveness he saw from his team.
Katie Williett led the team with eight kills and added six assists. Katelyn Park had a team high 11 assists while Athena Britain had a team high eight aces and 11 digs. Bailey Payne also had a team high 11 digs.
The Lady Bears will host its tournament on Aug. 31 all day while the Lady Horns next host Savoy at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 30.
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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