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Playoff Volleyball Roundup

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won their area playoff game on Thursday night as it took on Savoy at Valley View.
The Lady Bulldogs beat the Lady Cardinals in straight sets, though the first two sets proved to be tougher than they could have been as several Prairie Valley players were not at 100 percent.
“The stomach virus hit the team hard leading up to the game,” Coach Jeannie Carpenter said. “As the day went several girls began to feel the effects. By game time we were still unsure if a couple of girls would be able to play, but they were able to play through it.”
The final set scores were 25-20, 25-21 and 25-8.
Carpenter was proud of her girls for being able to fight through illness and not let it get in the way of their aspirations and all of the hard work they have put into this season.
The team hopes the illness will be an afterthought in the team’s next game. The Lady Bulldogs get a rematch against county foe Saint Jo in the regional quarterfinals.
The game will be played at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 at North Central Texas College.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears season came to an end sooner than they would have liked on Tuesday as they lost to Graford at Perrin-Whitt High School.
Despite winning the first set, the Lady Bears were too banged up in the end as the Lady Rabbits won the next three sets. The final set scores were 25-16, 22-25, 24-26 and 19-25.
Key players Kelly Contreras and Ashlynn Smith were both dealing with injuries before the match and tried to play through it.
That type of grittiness is what Coach Cheryl Cromleigh has been saying from the beginning of the season is one of her favorite aspects of this team.
“The girls fought until the bitter end with all their heart,” Cromleigh said. “That is one of the things that always come to mind about this team. They fight and they don’t give up.”
The new look of the Gold-Burg team has won people’s respect the last two years with 14 wins and several good showing in tournaments. Team’s know they can no longer write the Lady Bears off any more.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns played in the area playoff game on Thursday night against Bryson at Jacksboro.
The Lady Horns came up short as they lost 3-0 to the Cowgirls. The set scores were 25-17, 25-10 and 25-14.
Coach Cori Hayes was disappointed his team’s season came to an end, but was proud with the progress his team made throughout the season with them being so young.
“Tough way to end the season, but like I told my girls only one team goes home at the end of the year on a win,” Hayes said. “We played hard and showed growth from when we played Bryson in late August to now and just shows much potential this team has for next year.”
The young team knew it was going to be a tough year and despite not many wins, the Lady Horns are poised to start competing better next year with a full season of tough lessons learned together.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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