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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians hosted Lindsay on Tuesday night in the game before its hosted Buckle Up for Lane Tournament.
The Lady Indians came away with a straight sets victory against the Lady Knights.
The first two sets were only won by the thinnest of margins, but Nocona came away with wins 25-22 and 25-23. The third set saw the Lady Indians a little more in control as they won 25-20.
Statistical leaders for Nocona included Laramie Hayes leading the team with 19 digs, Trystin Fenoglio leading the team with 28 assists and Averee Kleinhans leading the team with 19 kills and three aces. Ella Nunneley was second with 13 kills, but led the team with four blocks.
The Lady Indians won their pool on Thursday and will play in the gold bracket on Saturday. Their results will be in Wednesday’s paper.
Nocona next plays at Whitesboro at 6 p.m. on Sept. 3.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers rebounded from a disappointing loss last week with a win at home on Tuesday night against the 3A team City View.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Mustangs with scores of 25-21, 25-18 and 25-23.
The big win at home against a high classification team is just what Saint Jo needed following its loss at Prairie Valley on Aug. 23.
Statistical leaders included Paityn Holley with six kills and two blocks, Kaitline Harris with 15 assists and Kassidy Pitman with six digs. Hannah Reyling added five kills along with Kymber Pitman getting three.
The Lady Panthers next play Wichita Christian at 5 p.m. on Sept. 3 at home
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears traveled to Perrin-Whitt on Tuesday night to take on the Lady Pirates.
Wanting to head into their own hosted tournament on a win streak after winning in Forestburg on Aug. 23, the Lady Bears won 3-1 in a tough match on the road with no set being won by more than five points.
Gold-Burg won the first two sets with similar scores 25-21 and 25-20. Unfortunately, Perrin-Whitt would not quit as it won a closely decided third set by the thinnest of margins 26-24 to force a fourth set.
The Lady Bears were determined not to let the Lady Pirates back into the match as it won the fourth set 25-20 to win the match 3-1.
Gold-Burg next plays Olney at 5 p.m. on Sept. 3 at home.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost at home on Tuesday night to Vernon Northside.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter said the Lady Indians are the best team the Lady Bulldogs have faced this season and it showed in the score. Vernon Northside won in straight sets with scores of 25-17, 25-23 and 25-16.
Coming off a cathartic victory against county team Saint Jo on Friday and seeing itself in the Texas Girls Coaches Association Poll top 25 poll for the first time all season, the game was a reminder to always keep working.
Prairie Valley plays at district rival Gold-Burg this weekend for its final tournament. The Lady Bears seem hell-bent on trying to take the district title away from the Lady Bulldogs this season. Saturday will be a preview for both teams of things to come.
Prairie Valley hosts Alvord at 6 p.m. on Sept. 3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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