SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won their opening game of the season on Tuesday at home against Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets. The first set was close, but Saint Jo was able to pull out the close win 25-23.
After that the Lady Panthers settled down and won the next two sets easily with one sided scores of 25-16 and 25-14.
Saint Jo plays in its first tournament this weekend at Bryson before hosting Gainesville at 5 p.m. on Aug. 13.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears also started their season with a win on Tuesday at home against Savoy.
Through four sets of tough play, the Lady Bears were able to pull off the win while avoiding a fifth set.
The first set was competitive, but Gold-Burg was able to make the plays at the end to win 25-22. The second set was all Lady Bears as their aggressive serving and non stop attacks led to a one-sided 25-14 win to go up 2-0.
Needing only one more set to close things out, the Lady Cardinals were not going away.
The next two sets were back and forth with a few points here and there making all of the difference in both. Savoy squeaked out a win in the third set 26-24 to force a fourth set.
Wanting to avoid a comeback and the dreaded anything goes fifth set, Gold-Burg dug deep and won the fourth set by the narrowest of margins 25-23 to win the match 3-1.
The Lady Bears also compete in Bryson this weekend in their first tournament. Gold-Burg’s next game will be at 5 p.m. in Graford.
Prairie Valley
Prairie Valley won its opening game Tuesday night at Quanah.
The Lady Bulldogs won 3-1. Prairie Valley also will be competing in Bryson this weekend before hosting Montague County foe Forestburg at 5 p.m. on Aug. 13.
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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