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Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears were able to make it two straight with a district win against Harrold at home on Saturday.
Despite a competitive first set, the Lady Bears won in straight sets against the Lady Hornets.
With the game starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, neither team was too sharp in the first set as the serving errors piled up. A big 12-3 lead from Gold-Burg was cut to 21-19 by the end of the set, but the Lady Bears were able to close it out with a win 25-22.
Now woken up, Gold-Burg dominated the second set with clean serves as the points piled up from unforced errors from Harrold. The Lady Bears won 25-8 and was confident heading into the third set.
The Lady Hornets played better, but Gold-Burg’s tough serves and attacks at the net was too much to handle. The Lady Bears won 25-13 to win the match.
The win makes it two straight district wins for Gold-Burg after beating 2A Electra. Coach Cheryl Cromleigh feels like her girls are playing their best right now, which is good since district favorite Prairie Valley is on the horizon.
The game will be another 10 a.m. game on Oct. 5 at Prairie Valley.

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started district play on Friday hosting City View.
Despite battling some injuries with some key players, the Lady Indians showed enough depth to easily beat the Lady Mustangs in straight sets. None of the sets were particularly close with scores being 25-12, 25-10 and 25-5.
Sydni Messer led the team with nine kills while Ella Nunneley had eight, Taylor Newmon and Laci Stone had six while Jessica Dingler had five. Trystin Fenoglio led the attack with 28 assits while also delivering six aces. Laramie Hayes led the team with seven aces to go with six digs.
Averee Kleinhans was battling a foot injury so was only played in the back row, where she led the team with 10 digs.
Nocona next travels to Holliday at noon on Oct. 5.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won their first district game against Electra on Saturday.
The Lady Bulldogs beat the 2A Lady Tigers 3-1. After playing and losing to three other tough 2A teams to start district play, a win against any of the four is always something to be celebrated.
Prairie Valley was able to win the first set comfortably 25-18, but Electra was able to just win the second set 25-23 to tie the match up. The Lady Bulldogs were able to pull themselves together win the third set easily 25-15 and close out a tough fourth set 25-22 to win the match.
Emily Carpenter and Shelby Roof anchored the team with 29 combined kills. Veronica Gutierrez dished out 22 assists and libero Hailey Winkler collected 27 digs in the back row.
With matches against the other two 1A teams in the district this week, Prairie Valley knows it will need to be at its sharpest if it wants to repeat as district champion. The Lady Bulldogs host Gold-Burg at 10 a.m. on Oct. 5.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers traveled to Collinsville on Friday.
The state-ranked Lady Pirates gave the Lady Panthers problems as they won in straight sets. With scores of 25-10, 25-17 and 25-9, it was a tough game for Saint Jo.
Despite playing one of the top ranked teams in the state in 2A, Coach Charlie Hamilton did not care to comment.
The Lady Panthers host Valley View at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 4.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns hosted Tioga on Friday for district play.
The Lady Horns lost in straight sets to the Lady Bulldogs with set scores of 25-14, 25-12 and 25-10.
Katie Willett led the team with two kills and five assists. Athena Britain also had two kills while leading the team with nine digs. Katelyn Park led the team with three aces while adding three assists and seven digs.
Forestburg ends the first round of district traveling to Lindsay to play at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 4.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Lady Rabbits start basketball season

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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

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The Nocona Lady Indians won their bi-district playoff match on Tuesday against Seymour in straight sets 3-0. (Courtesy photo)

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

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Saint Jo beat Perrin-Whitt on Thursday night 3-1 to start their playoff run.

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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