SPORTS
Lady Rabbits lose battle at Ponder
The Bowie Lady Rabbits traveled to Ponder on Friday to be tested by a fierce Lady Lions club.
The Lady Rabbits had their chance to tie the score at the end, but came up short losing 53-50.
Ponder employs an ever present full-court press defense. While similar to what this Bowie team does, the Lady Lions employ constant substitutions to keep their energy up almost every time the ball is dead.
With two teams looking to press the ball full-court, the play was fast and physical. Both teams had some issues offensively to start the game. Ponder made two three-pointers in the quarter and led 11-8, but the second quarter saw both teams start to shoot the ball better.
The Lady Rabbits made a couple three-pointers and started to break the press some. Unfortunately, the Lady Lions would not let their lead slip away, building a 27-21 at halftime.
The third quarter was played at a blistering pace as both teams seemed to score at will. The play was physical and few fouls were called either way that kept the pace at a go-go-go speed.
While Bowie scored 18 points in the quarter it could not catch Ponder. The Lady Lions scored 22 points in the quarter and extended their lead to double-digits 49-39 heading into the final quarter.
The pace slowed to a crawl in the fourth as Ponder went to holding the ball with six minutes to go up 49-42. It worked for most of the quarter as the Lady Lions led 53-44 with 2:41 left to play.
The Lady Rabbits picked up their intensity on defense and started forcing turnovers in the half court. In the final few minutes Bowie scrambled to cut the score to 53-50 with 20 seconds to go.
The Lady Rabbits sent Ponder to the free throw line and the Lady Lions missed. Bowie rebounded the ball and had a chance to tie the game, but struggled to find a good look from three-point range.
Eventually a player put a desperate running floater with five seconds left that would have only counted for two if it went in. It missed and the game was over. The Lady Lions won 53-50.
The Lady Rabbits traveled to Rider earlier in the week before hosting 4A Graham at 2:45 p.m. on Friday.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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