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Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs traveled to Gold-Burg on Tuesday to see if they could wrap up a second straight district title.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against a Lady Bears team who was celebrating senior night and had been aiming to take them down since the beginning of the season.
Prairie Valley won with scores of 25-10, 25-9 and 25-14.
The Lady Bulldogs Coach Jeannie Carpenter was proud of how her team played considering the circumstances.
With the tragic passing of a fellow student this week on top of most of the team competing in the regional cross country meet the day before, Carpenter was not sure what her team would give her mentally or physically.
“In true Lady Bulldog fashion these girls rallied together and dominated the court,” Carpenter said. “Even with all the rivalry this game held, the Gold-Burg team took time to pray with us before the game. It was emotional and a true testament that we can be fierce competitors on the court, but off the court it is about friendship, compassion and mutual respect amongst teams and players.”
The Lady Bears will first have to win their bi-district game against Grafor at 6:30 p.m. at Perrin-Whitt on Nov. 5.
With the district title, the Lady Bulldogs get a bye into an area playoff game where they will play Savoy at 7 p.m. in Valley View on Nov. 7.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns finished off district on Tuesday with a tough match at 2A Lindsay.
The Lady Knights beat the Lady Horns in straight sets with scores of 25-9, 25-7 and 25-6.
Coach Cori Hayes thought his team held up well against the bigger 2A Lindsay and liked how his girls competed.
“We came out and our mindset was to get ready for our playoff game and dig in on defense,” Hayes said.
Facing only one 1A team in almost two months hopes to have paid off when Forestburg goes to the playoffs. The Lady Horns play Bryson at Jacksboro on Nov. 7.
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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