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Bowie beats Holliday 3-0 at home; takes district lead as only unbeaten
A battle of the two undefeated district teams took place on Tuesday as Bowie hosted Holliday.
The Lady Rabbits pulled off the straight sets win against the Lady Eagles to take sole possession of first place in the district.
Bowie got out to a great start in the first set, but Holliday was able to stay around. The Lady Eagles made a late run to get within one point 20-19. In the end, the Lady Rabbits were able to close the set out strong, winning 25-21 to take the lead.
The second set saw Bowie take a small early 6-4 lead. Holliday tied the score up at 10-10 before taking at 16-14 lead.
Looking to reverse the subtle momentum the Lady Eagles had picked up, the Lady Rabbits battled back to tie the set at 20-20.
Using some great serving and good blocking in the middle, Bowie was again able to close out a set that could have gone either way strong. The Lady Rabbits won five of the next seven points to win 25-22 and go up 2-0.
The Lady Eagles needed to win three straight sets if they wanted a chance to win the match and stay undefeated. Bowie, having not lost a set in district play and with the backing of a pinked out Bowie Pep Squad behind them, did not want to give Holliday any hope.
Neither team was going to have a lapse in set three. It looked like the Lady Eagles might as the Lady Rabbits jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Holliday came back and the teams traded small leads back and forth until midway through the set the teams were tied 15-15.
Bowie built its most promising lead of the set as it looked poised to coast into the end of the third set up 22-18.
Following a timeout, the Lady Eagles came out fired up, winning four of the next five points to close the lead to 23-22. The teams were eventually tied at 24-24 with the set poised to go either way in extra points. Fortunately, it was the Lady Rabbits who won the next two points to win the set 26-24.
The team was led by Aslyn Davis with 14 kills while she also had 16 digs. Landra Parrled the team with 13 assists to go along with 10 digs and seven kills. On defense, Lexi Kirkham led the team with four blocks while adding five kills. Libero Taygon Jones was busy collecting 24 digs in the back row.
The Lady Rabbits play at noon at Nocona on Oct. 12. Bowie next plays Henrietta to start the second round of district at home at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 15.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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