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Lady Rabbits avenge loss against Holliday winning 63-48
The Bowie Lady Rabbits avenged another loss on senior night by beating Holliday.
The Lady Rabbits had one of their best 3-point shooting nights of the season as they won 63-48.
The game started slow for both teams. The Lady Eagles did their best to limit post ups from Bowie while the Lady Rabbits trapping zone defense forced some turnovers.
Down 6-5 midway through the quarter, Bowie started knocking down 3-pointers and ended the quarter on a 15-3 run. The Lady Rabbits made four 3-pointers in the quarter and their lead was 20-9 heading into the second quarter.
Besides the good shooting, Bowie was also getting to the free throw line and running in transition. Holliday kept struggling from turning the ball over or making perimeter shots, but did get to the free throw line some in the first quarter.
The Lady Rabbits lead continued to grow. They had more than doubled the Lady Eagles score at halftime 38-17.
Holliday turned up the intensity in the second half in all areas. The Lady Eagles defenders were playing much tighter both on and off the ball while looking to jump passing lanes.
Also Holliday started to hurt Bowie on the offensive glass. The Lady Rabbits had some foul issues among their post players and the Lady Eagles got some rebounding put backs.
Despite all of that, Bowie was still getting enough scoring from Taygon Jones, Abbi Gamblin and Jayci Logan to equal anything Holliday through at the team, not allowing the Lady Eagles to cut into the lead any. The Lady Rabbits led 53-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
With the big lead, Coach Joe Crabb played large portions of the final quarter with mostly bench led lineups. This allowed Holliday to make up some ground, but it never felt like Bowie was going to led the Lady Eagles back into the game. The Lady Rabbits still won by double-digits 63-48 to win their fourth straight.
The playoffs are scheduled to be on Feb. 17-18. A tune up game on Friday could be possible.
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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