SPORTS
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.
For the second year, Montague County All-Stars hosted its annual Fall Games at Saint Jo High School Oct. 21.
Representatives from nearly every county elementary and high school took part in the day-long event. Students with assorted disabilities learned how to play basketball in the morning and volleyball in the afternoon.
Helping teach the finer points of both games were players and coaches from all the area high schools. Individual skills such as passing, dribbling, and shooting were taught in one of the school’s gyms before athletes were broken up into teams and played timed games in the other gym.
Some of the younger athletes had issues with the ball dribbling and got hit in the nose. Eventually they all got the hang of it, one even getting a basket.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team had a tough first set against visiting Olney Oct. 16 but then turned things around in the final two games and cruised to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14) win.
The Lady Indians are now 4-2 in district with one match to go in the regular season Oct. 23 in Petrolia.
Kasi Castro opened the match with a Nocona ace. Paige Davis later followed with a kill to break serve and a single point for a 3-1 lead.
Kills by Sy Parker and Raylea Bowles helped keep Olney down. Leah Meekins’ single point put Nocona up 6-3. Castro’s five-point streak extended the lead to 13-7 with kills from Presley Weber and Parker keeping the drive alive.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
To close out the District 10-A season, Forestburg’s volleyball team traveled to Bellevue and posted a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) over the host Lady Eagles.
Forestburg tied for first place with Saint Jo and broke the deadlock Oct. 26 (see story, same section).
Brooklyn Shook’s ace put Bellevue up 1-0 in game one. Forestburg’s Lacie Shotwell’s three-point run later put the visitors up 5-2, Brenna Brailes extended the Lady ‘Horn lead to 7-3.
Single points by Landry Fluitt and Brylie Hager cut the lead to 7-8. Forestburg’s Addy Conway rolled off five straight points to extend the lead to 14-7. Mattie Broussard of Bellevue later cut the deficit to 11-14 with a three-point string. points from Madi Wadsworth and Presley Brown put Forestburg up 18-12.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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