SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians hosted Jacksboro on Saturday at noon.
The Lady Indians took it to the Lady Tigers as they won in straight sets. Only the third set got a little hairy at the beginning, but Nocona won comfortably 25-13, 25-6 and 25-18.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 18 kills. Ella Nunneley was second with 13 kills while setter Trystin Fenoglio had 32 assists. Laramie Hayes led the team with 11 digs.
The team came in with some heavy hearts still as Nocona supports Boyd after the recent tragic death of volleyball player Ashley Fout. The teams came together at the end to pray together in a show of support and Coach Tiffany Clay dedicated the game in her memory.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won a competitive game on Friday at Savoy.
The Lady Panthers won in four sets to the Lady Cardinals as they struggled to adapt to the slower pace.
After winning the first two sets by comfortable margins 25-14 and 25-19, Savoy came back strong to win the third set 26-24. Saint Jo had to pull out all the stops to win the fourth set 27-25 to win the match and avoid going to five sets.
Hannah Reylings and Paityn Holley led the team with 23 kills combined while Kaitline Harris led the team with 24 assists to help lead the attack.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs beat Community Christian School from Mineral Wells on Friday.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets by a good margin 25-12, 25-6 and 25-16.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 13 kills and eight aces. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 20 assists and Hailey Winkler had a team high 10 digs.
Prairie Valley next game starts off district play at Petrolia at 6 p.m. on Sept. 17.
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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