SPORTS
Volleyball Update
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started the second round of district on the road Tuesday at City View.
The Lady Indians were easily able to beat the Lady Mustangs in straight sets. No sets were particularly close as Nocona got better each set with scores of 25-14, 25-12 and 25-9.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 13 kills, seven digs and four blocks. Ella Nunneley had nine kills and three aces. Sydni Messer led the team with four aces and Trystin Fenoglio had a team high 31 assists.
Nocona’s next game is hosting Holliday, with the winner possibly gaining second place in the district at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 22.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs are still working their way through the tough 2A teams in their district as they traveled to Windthorst on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs gave the Lady Trojans their best shot and despite having a one set lead at one point, Windthorst won sets four and five to win 3-2.
The first two sets were close as the Lady Trojans won the first 25-23 and Prairie Valley won 25-22. The Lady Bulldogs broke the match open by winning the third set 25-19, on the verge of getting a win against a 2A programs.
Windthorst did not let that happen. The Lady Trojans won the fourth and least competitive set 25-16 to force a fifth set. From there Windthorst had momentum and won 15-8.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 11 kills while Shelby Roof had nine and Taylor Franklin had seven. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 18 assists and Hailey Winkler had a team high 35 digs and six aces.
Prairie Valley next plays at Electra at 6 p.m. on Oct. 22.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted Lindsay on Tuesday in another tough match against a 2A district opponent.
The Lady Knights won in straight sets as the Lady Panthers struggled to compete with the bigger school.
While the finals result does not look great, Coach Charlie Hamilton still sees her girls improving and hopes it will pay off once they start playing 1A teams in the playoffs.
Things won’t get easier for Saint Jo as it next hosts state ranked Collinsville at 6 p.m. on Oct. 22.
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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