SPORTS
Lady Bulldogs win at tournament; Gold-Burg comes in second overall
Gold-Burg hosted its volleyball tournament on Saturday that wrapped up the final tournament for both the host and the teams that came.
District opponent Prairie Valley came out on top to win the tournament for the second straight year as the Lady Bulldogs won all three of their games without dropping a set while the Lady Bears finished second overall.
Prairie Valley first played Graford. After a slow start in the first set, the Lady Bulldogs pulled away to win 25-20. The second set was not much of an issue as the Lady Rabbits went down 25-15.
Gold-Burg started out the tournament with a tough one against Perrin-Whitt. Despite beating them earlier in the week, the Lady Pirates took the first set 25-19. The second set was closer, but the Lady Bears were able to pull away to win 25-21 to force a third and final set. From there Gold-Burg took control early and won 15-10.
The two teams met in each one’s second game of the tournament. Prairie Valley won the first set in a one-sided affair 25-11, but the second set was much closer. Still the Lady Bulldogs came out on top 26-24 to win the match.
With the teams scheduled to meet twice more during district play, Saturday was just a preview of more to come.
Prairie Valley wrapped up the tournament against Perrin-Whitt. The Lady Bulldogs won the first set by a double-digit margin 25-14 and was able to hold on for a closer second set win 25-22 to win the match.
The Lady Bears played Graford to close out the tournament. It was a close match as Gold-Burg won the first set 25-20, but lost the second set 25-21. In the second third set match of the day, the Lady Bears again pulled off the win in extra time 15-9 to finish second at the tournament.
From Prairie Valley Shelby Roof and Veronica Gutierrez were named to the all-tournament team. For Gold-Burg Taylor Lyons and Kelly Contreras were named to the all-tournament team. The tournament most valuable player went to the Lady Bulldogs Emily Carpenter.
To read the full story and see pictures from both teams, 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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