SPORTS
Lady Rabbits beat Chico, Millsap
The Bowie volleyball team hosted Chico and Millsap on Tuesday night as the Lady Rabbits work through their pre-district schedule.
Bowie won both matches against the Lady Dragons and the Lady Bulldogs, dropping only one set across both matches.
The Lady Rabbits first played Chico. Bowie controlled all three sets throughout. While the Lady Dragons hung around, the Lady Rabbits won by comfortable margins all three sets, winning with scores 25-17, 25-15 and 25-20.
The match against Millsap proved to be tougher. Bowie fell behind in the first set 20-15. The Lady Rabbits made up some ground, but ran out of points to catch up, losing by the smallest margin 25-23.
With the momentum it got at the end of set one, Bowie started well in set two thanks to some good serving. The Lady Rabbits biggest lead was 17-8 at one point.
The Lady Bulldogs would not go quietly, storming back and cutting the lead to two points 21-19.
Bowie would not collapse though, finishing the set strong on a 4-1 run to win the set 25-20 and tie the match 1-1.
Millsap started the third set well, taking control of the lead early. The Lady Rabbits were hanging around, but the Lady Bulldogs lead seemed to grow a little bit at a time until they the lead was 20-15 like in the first set.
Bowie made up ground again, only this time it came out on top. Thanks to some great serving and overall solid play during this stretch, the Lady Rabbits ended the set on a 10-3 run to win 25-23 and take 2-1 lead.
With how back and forth the match had been, Bowie would need to play a strong set four to eliminate any hope of Millsap coming back to win the match in five sets.
The Lady Rabbits got off to the best start of the match, up 9-1 in the opening 10 points. The Lady Bulldogs did close the gap to 12-8 respectively, but that would be all the fight left in them.
Bowie’s lead would continue to grow again as it coasted to the finish line as Millsap just could not mount any threatening offense. The Lady Rabbits won 25-15 to win the match 3-1.
Bowie next travels to Bridgeport to play at 6 p.m. on Sept. 1.
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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