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Lady Rabbits lose at Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits fell at Holliday on Tuesday night in a game that got away from them in the second half.
The Lady Eagles parade to the free throw line led the way to winning 46-39.
The first half was low scoring, but competitive. The Lady Rabbits did not have a good start to the game as no shots were going in. The defense kept the game close, but Holliday led 8-3 heading into the second quarter.
Bowie’s offense came alive as four different players scored. The Lady Rabbits defense kept the Lady Eagles from extending their lead. Bowie actually took the lead 16-15 heading into halftime.
The third quarter was flipped from the second quarter as Holliday’s offense started to come alive, thanks in large part to Sarah Cowan.
In the previous game against Nocona, the Lady Eagles had done some damage from the 3-point line. Not wanting that to happen against Bowie, Coach Joe Crabb made it an emphasis to not let Holliday get clean looks from outside.
The Lady Eagles, and Cowan especially, adjusted, driving hard to the rim and getting to the free throw line a lot, especially in the second half.
Cowan made eight of her nine free throws as Holliday took the lead 28-23 heading into the fourth quarter.
Both teams scored in double-figures in the fourth quarter, as Bowie knocked in three 3-pointers and had six different players score points.
Unfortunately, the free throws kept coming for Holliday, with 16 of its 18 points coming from free throws in the fourth quarter alone. This was enough to hold off the hard charging Lady Rabbits as the Lady Eagles won 46-39.
After playing Nocona on Friday, the Lady Rabbits start the second round of district play at Henrietta at 6 p.m. on Jan. 28.
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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