SPORTS
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.
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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