SPORTS
Bowie Lady Rabbits start season
It was an up and down first two games for the Bowie Lady Rabbit volleyball team this week.
The team traveled to Archer City on Monday before playing Alvord in one of the few home games at the junior high gym this season since the high school gym floor is being repaired. The Lady Rabbits lost the first game, but easily won the second game the next night.
Against the Lady Cats, Bowie struggled. The first set did not go according to plan as Archer City won easily 25-15.
The Lady Rabbits settled down some and took it to the Lady Cats in the second set. Unfortunately, Archer City was ready for a battle. With the set going to extra points, the Lady Cats pulled off the win 27-25 to take a 2-0 lead.
Bowie would need a big comeback to win the match overall, but it was not in the cards that night. The Lady Rabbits lost the set 25-20and the match overall.
Thankfully the team did not have long to dwell on that game as the Lady Rabbits hosted Alvord on Tuesday. Despite experienced senior player Lexi Kirkham sitting out with shoulder issues, it was a different story from the night before.
Bowie started sharp and kept the pressure on the Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Rabbits were ahead by double digits at one point and ended up easily winning 25-16 in the first set.
The second set was the most competitive of the match. Neither team could pull away by more than two points for most of the set, with the lead constantly getting swapped back and forth.
In the end, with Bowie holding a 23-22 lead, the Lady Rabbits closed the set outright to win 25-22 to go up 2-0 and looking to make sure there would only be one more set in the match.
Right from the start, Bowie built a big lead 11-4 in the first 15 points, never letting Alvord mentally back into the match.
The Lady Bulldogs picked up some spare points as the set closed to an end to not make the final score look as bad, but the Lady Rabbits never threatened to fall apart as they won 25-18 to win the match in straight sets.
Bowie next hosts a dual against state power Boyd and Iowa Park at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 18.
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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