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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played in their final non-district game on Tuesday at Christ Academy.
The Lady Indians took it to the Lady Warriors as they won in straight sets. Coming off a tough loss to Melissa at home a week previously, Nocona was able to gain some good momentum heading into district play.
The Lady Indians won all three sets by pretty comfortable margins 25-17, 25-21 and 25-16. Averee Kleinhans led the team with 20 kills and digs. Ella Nunneley led the team with four aces to go along with seven kills. Trystin Fenoglio had 35 assists and Jessica Dingler had two blocks.
Coach Tiffany Clay thought it was the perfect type of game to end the non-district schedule with.
Clay did see some mistakes with the serve-receive passing and communication errors, but feels like her team has been challenged and ready.
Nocona hosts Henrietta at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 1.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted Alvord on Tuesday night in a hope to get the win against the 2A district opponent.
The Lady Panthers had their chances the first two sets, but ended up losing in straight sets to the Lady Bulldogs.
The first set was back and forth with neither team able to gain much of a upper hand. The score was tied at 10-10 and 15-15 during the set. Near the end, Saint Jo led 23-22 and was looking to close out the first set. Unfortunately, Alvord rolled off three points in a row to win the set 25-23 and take the lead.
The second set started similarly as the Lady Bulldogs held a small 8-7 lead. Alvord then won nine of the next 10 points to take a 17-8 lead.
Not wanting to just concede the second set, the Lady Panthers battled back.
After winning five straight points, but still trailing 17-13, Saint Jo slowly cut the lead to two points (21-19) and then one point (23-22). Unfortunately, the Lady Bulldogs again was able to win the final few points to win the set 25-22 to take a 2-0 lead.
The Lady Panthers only chance was to win the next three sets in a row to win the match, but with all of the emotional ups and downs of the first two sets, they ran out of gas.
The third set started off competitive with the score tied 10-10. Alvord won five straight points and Saint Jo was never able to close the gap as it lost the set 25-17 to lose the match 3-0.
Saint Jo next hosts rival Forestburg at 5 p.m. on Oct. 1.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears were able to pick up a district win on Tuesday at home against Electra.
The Lady Bears won in straight sets against the 2A Lady Tigers. With set scores of 25-12, 25-17 and 25-21, Gold-Burg was able to pick up the win impressively.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh liked what she saw from her team and hopes to carry that momentum forward.
“We followed our game plan to be aggressive at all costs,” Cromleigh said. “Good first passes was what we had to have so we could attack. I’m extremely proud of the girls, their intensity and positivity. We played as a cohesive unit. That’s what we needed to do going in to our game against Harrold on Saturday.”
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs had a tough challenge trying to win at 2A Archer City on Tuesday.
Despite the Lady Bulldogs almost winning both of the first two sets, the Lady Cats won in straight sets.
A few points here and there cost Prairie Valley in sets one and two with final scores of 25-23 and 26-24.
The Lady Bulldogs ran out of steam in the third set as Archer City got a lead and did not let go, winning easily 25-10 to win the match.
Emily Carpenter led the team with nine kills with CeCe Mahin right behind her with seven. Veronica Gutierrez had a team high 12 assists and libero Hailey Winkler had 18 digs.
Prairie Valley next travels to Harrold to play at 5 p.m. on Oct. 1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Lady Rabbits start basketball season
The Bowie Lady Rabbits basketball team started off their season this past week by going 1-1.
The Lady Rabbits won against Dallas Carter 32-14 on the road before losing to Paradise at home 41-24.
Against Dallas Carter to start the season last weekend, Bowie used aggressive defense to limit the Cowgirls to five points or less in every quarter.
The Lady Rabbits struggled to score as well, but were able to convert on several more chances per quarter to keep their lead throughout the game.
Bowie led 12-6 at halftime, but was able to get more on track offensively in the second half to pull away while never giving an inch on defense.
The Lady Rabbits beat the Cowgirls 32-14.
Parker Riddle led the team with eight points while Hanna Bell was right behind her with seven. New varsity players Payton Holt and Laney Enlow added five points.
Unfortunately a few days later Bowie’s home opener against Paradise did not go its way.
The Lady Rabbits struggled to score all game and had trouble slowing down the Lady Cats two leading scorers who combined for 35 of their team’s 41 points.
New varsity player Sadie Weaver led Bowie with seven points while Bell was second with six points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Nocona volleyball easily wins playoff game
The Nocona Lady Indians took care of business to easily beat Seymour on Tuesday night in their bi-district playoff match.
The Lady Indians easily won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Panthers in a match that went quick.
Nocona came into the match on a high having overcome Windthorst on its second try to get a share of the district title. Besides those matches against the Lady Trojans, the Lady Indians were breezing through opponents during district play.
Nocona expected to do the same on Tuesday night against a Seymour team that did just enough to make the playoffs in its district.
The Lady Indians won with the set scores being 25-16, 25-11 and 25-11.
Ava Johnson led the team with 18 kills while Jolie Rose was second with six. Meg Meekins had a team high 18 assists while Leah Meekins and Kasi Castro each had 10.
Meg Meekins also led the team with three service aces while Kaygan Stone had two and Castro also had two.
On defense Sy Parker had a team high three blocks while Raylea Bowles had one. Aubree Kleinhans led the team with 10 digs while Johnson was second with nine.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Saint Jo wins area round match
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers got themselves a little challenge playing in their area round playoff match on Thursday against Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Panthers won 3-1 against the Lady Pirates as they started the match on not the best note.
Saint Jo came into the match hoping it could recapture its form during its bi-district schedule. The Lady Panthers breezed through district play, never losing a set and rarely were challenged by anyone but their own high expectations.
Saint Jo had gotten a little on track playing a warm-up match against state-ranked Benjamin earlier in the week and winning 3-1. Still, Perrin-Whitt came in and seemed to surprise the Lady Panthers.
It was rematch since the teams opened the season against the other way back on Aug. 12. That match was a one-sided straight sets win from Saint Jo and the team was used to it being that way against the Lady Pirates.
Since then Perrin-Whitt won 22 matches and only lost to state-ranked Garner in its district. This time around four months later, things were different.
The first set was competitive until the Lady Panthers opened up a 14-11 lead. Instead of taking control, it was the Lady Pirates that came back and went on an 8-2 run. Perrin-Whitt led 19-16.
Even with Saint Jo closing the gap to two points 21-19 heading into the end of the set, it was the Lady Pirates that made the plays and feasted on uncharacteristic Lady Panther mistakes. Perrin-Whitt won 25-22 to take set one and the early lead.
While it was a close set, it was not Saint Jo’s best as more than once communication errors that are long ironed out at this point of the season resulted in points as well as hitting errors around the net.
The loss seemed to serve as a wakeup call for the Lady Panthers heading into set two.
Saint Jo took control of the set early thanks to some aggressive serving, good defensive net play and solid ball control. The Lady Panthers went on an 8-2 run to lead 14-6 and led by double-digits at one point 20-10.
Perrin-Whitt played better down the stretch to make the final score respectable, but Saint Jo won with little drama 25-17 to tie the match at 1-1.
That confidence from how it had won set two led into the set three for Saint Jo. The Lady Panthers were up 5-0 early.
The Lady Pirates cut the lead to as close to three points down 9-6, but from there it was all Saint Jo.
The Lady Panthers at one point opened up a double-digit lead 23-12 before eventually winning the set 25-17 again to take the lead in the match 2-1.
Any of the confidence or fire Perrin-Whitt had at the start of the match seemed to be gone heading into set four and Saint Jo was not letting up.
From the start again, the Lady Panthers took a quick 5-0 lead and never looked back.
It was a quick procession to the end of the match as Saint Jo’s lead grey to 17-8 to 21-9 to eventually 25-12.
The Lady Panthers won the match 3-1 to move on to the regional quarterfinals.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the match click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870377&T=1
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