SPORTS
Bowie beats Nocona 3-0 to claim undefeated district crown
The Bowie Lady Rabbits capped off their undefeated run through district with a straight sets win against rival Nocona on Tuesday.
With it being their senior night and the district title already wrapped up, the Lady Rabbits took a victory lap in front of their home crowd. While the first set was competitive, the other two saw Bowie grow its lead early and win by comfortable margins.
The first set saw the Lady Rabbits race out to a 7-3 lead. The Lady Indians answered and tied the set at 10-10.
The two teams exchanged one and two point leads for the next 20 points, Bowie leading only 21-19 down the stretch. From there the Lady Rabbits pulled away, winning four of the next six points to win the set 25-22.
The second set saw Bowie jump out to a 4-1 lead and never relinquish it. The lead stayed around two or three points up until the Lady Rabbits 14-11 lead jumped to 18-12. From there, Bowie kept the pressure on and won the set 25-16.
The third set was more of the same from the second. An early 4-1 lead eventually grew to a 13-7 lead. Nocona just could not string together enough points to make up the deficit. The Lady Rabbits won the set 25-19 to win the match in straight sets.
While the district title was wrapped up before the game was played, the win against Nocona made it an undefeated 10-0 march through district. It is the program’s first district title since 2008 and the first undefeated district title since 2004.
Both teams head into the playoffs with high aspirations. The Lady Rabbits will play a warm up game at home on Saturday morning against Archer City. Bowie plays Tolar in the bi-district at 7:30 p.m. at Mineral Wells on Nov. 4. The Lady Indians play Peaster at 6:30 p.m. at Chico on Nov. 5.
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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