SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Forestburg vs Saint Jo
The Forestburg Lady Horns hosted county rival Saint Jo on Friday.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets to win the district title since they won both matchups against the Lady Horns this season, the only other 1A team in the district.
The first set was competitive the whole way through. Forestburg’s unorthodox playing style kept Saint Jo guessing when the ball could be coming over.
The teams were tied at 15-15 in the first set when the Lady Horns took a 22-18 lead.
Saint Jo focused things up and won seven of the next eight points to steal the first set 25-23.
The second set saw the Lady Panthers take control in the middle of the set, increasing their 8-7 lead to an 18-12 lead on the way to a 25-13 win.
The third set saw Forestburg fight to get back aftef falling behind early.
Again, the teams were tied at 15-15 midway through the match, but Saint Jo would close out the set strong to win 25-21.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians took care of business on Saturday in Childress.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Tigers in straight sets to lock up second place in district since Holliday lost.
Nocona won most of the sets pretty easily 25-13, 25-10 and 25-19.
Coach Tiffany Clay felt like her team was able to use the game to keep improving against a slower paced team.
Nocona will play Peaster at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 at Chico in the bi-district round.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs beat Harrold on Friday on senior night.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets 25-9, 25-7 and 25-10.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter liked her team was able to take care of business.
If Prairie Valley beats Gold-Burg on Tuesday, it will earn its second straight district title.
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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