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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians had to dig deep on Friday as they traveled to Henrietta.
Facing a feisty Lady Cats team that pushed them to the edge, the Lady Indians survived to win the five set battle late.
Still suffering the affects of losing libero Laramie Hayes, Nocona did its best to step up its play at the net to try and help the defense out.
The Lady Indians won the first set 25-20, but the size from Henrietta swung momentum the other way in the second and third sets, losing both 25-21.
Down 12-7 in the fourth set and on the brink of letting the match slip away, Nocona banded together to not only come back in the set, but win with room to spare 25-17.
Feeding off the momentum from the fourth set, the fifth set was never close as the Lady Indians won 15-5.
Nocona finishes the season on the road as it makes the long trip to Childress at noon on Oct. 29 before traveling to Bowie on Oct. 29 to end the regular season.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs hosted a tough Archer City team on Saturday morning.
The bigger Lady Cats won easily in straight sets after a tightly contested first set. The set scores were 25-22, 25-17 and 25-11.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 10 kills while Shelby Roof had eight herself. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 12 assists while libero Hailey Winkler had 24 digs.
Prairie Valley hosts fellow 1A team Harrold at 10 a.m. on Oct. 26.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns hosted 2A Valley View on Friday.
The Lady Eagles were able to win pretty easily though the Lady Horns did show some fight in the second set. The final set scores were 25-7, 25-17 and 25-7.
Katie Willett led the team with four kills and seven digs. Rebeca Sanchez also had seven digs while Katelyn Park led the team with four assists. Athena Britain had a team high two aces.
With a playoff berth guaranteed for Forestburg, Coach Cori Hayes wants his girls playing at their best when they come around.
While the losses against the 2A schools pile up, it will hopefully make the Lady Horns ready when it is win or go home time.
Forestburg hosts county rival and fellow 1A team Saint Jo at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 25.
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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