SPORTS
Bowie faces tough teams at first hosted dual
The Bowie Lady Rabbits got a big challenge Tuesday night hosting their first dual match of the season against Iowa Park and Boyd.
Playing some of the toughest teams the Lady Rabbits have faced so far, Bowie lost both matches in straight sets.
Bowie first played the 4A Lady Hawks. While the first set got away from the Lady Rabbits, with Iowa Park up seven points late in the set, the Lady Rabbits closed strong. The Lady Hawks did just enough to win the set, but Bowie made it close losing 25-23.
The second set saw the Lady Rabbits take control early up 7-3. Iowa Park came back and it was a back and forth.
The Lady Hawks grabbed control late in the set and won 25-21.
The third set started off close and competitive. Midway through Iowa Park started to pull away until it had a six point lead 23-17.
Bowie again came back and put pressure on the Lady Hawks, but Iowa Park would win 25-22 to take the match.
BJ Mills led the Lady Rabbits with 10 kills, Neely Price led Bowie with 24 assists and Taygon Jones had a team high 30 digs.
The Lady Rabbits did not play again until three hours later where they played the state ranked Lady Yellowjackets, fresh off a five-set win against the Lady Hawks.
Boyd did not let fatigue affect its performance as it controlled the first set. Bowie fell behind 10-5 and just could not close that gap for the rest of the set. The Lady Yellowjackets would win 25-19.
The second and third sets were more of the same, with the Lady Rabbits never establishing much of a lead and constantly trailing by more points than was comfortable.
Boyd won the second set 25-18 and the third set 25-19 to take the match.
Mills had a team high seven kills, Price had 22 assists, Jones had 23 digs, Jayci Logan and Gracie Duke each had one block.
The Lady Rabbits next play Millsap at 6 p.m. on Aug. 25 at home.
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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