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Prairie Valley plays Forestburg, Saint Jo

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The Prairie Valley volleyball team played fellow Montague County teams Forestburg and Saint Jo on Friday and Saturday at home.
The Lady Bulldogs were able to beat the Lady Horns for the second time this season while the Lady Panthers avenged last year’s playoff loss.
Prairie Valley and Forestburg’s game on Friday night was a rematch of both team’s season opening game. The Lady Horns won the first set in that match, but the Lady Bulldogs would win the next three sets.
With several games under both team’s belts since then, both coaches were hoping for better, more clean performances from their teams.
Prairie Valley was in control the first two sets, winning 25-9 and 25-14. The third set Forestburg got off to a great start, earning several easy points thanks to a strong stream of serving. Up 8-2, the Lady Horns were showing they were not done.
The Lady Bulldogs came storming back with solid play as the ever relentless attacks found holes in Forestburg’s defense. The Lady Horns were sending more players to the net than they have been known to do this game and are still working out the kinks.
Once Prairie Valley was rolling, it did not stop until the end as the Lady Bulldogs won 25-15 to win the match.
Emily Carpenter led the Lady Bulldogs with nine kills, 11 assists, 10 aces while libero Hailey Winkler dove for 22 digs.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter liked how her team was able to learn from the first game and did a better job handling Forestburg’s heavy serves.
The Lady Horns were led by Katie Willett who had a team high two aces, two kills and three assists. Faith Moore led the team with 10 digs. Kendall Cross and Athena Britain also had a team high two aces while Keeleigh Burnam tied with a team high two kills.
Coach Cori Hayes knows the new defensive scheme threw his team off a bit as everyone is still figuring out what they are doing, but he liked some of the early good things he saw despite the score not being as good in the first game.


The Lady Bulldogs next hosted Saint Jo on Saturday morning. With both teams trading playoff wins the previous two seasons, this game still carried some weight for an early season game despite both teams being made up of mostly different players.
The home team won a close first set 25-22, but the Lady Panthers bounced back strong to win the next three sets 25-18, 25-22 and 25-15.
Saint Jo was led by Hannah Reyling with 13 kills, Kaitline Harris with 23 assists and Kassidy Pitman with 15 digs. Kayden Skidmore added 10 kills, 10 assists and a team high three aces.
Coach Charlie Hamilton downplayed the rivalry as she is more worried about trying to get her mostly inexperienced team to mesh well together.
Picking up a four set win against the previously undefeated Lady Bulldogs, Hamilton saw some good things.
For Prairie Valley, the loss is the team’s first of the season. Carpenter led the team with 20 kills, Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 23 assists and Winkler had 33 digs.
Coach Carpenter thought her team made too many mental errors despite hitting the ball well.
The Lady Bulldogs next play at Alvord at 5 p.m. on Sept. 1. Forestburg next plays at Savoy at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 28. Saint Jo next hosts Vernon Northside at 5 p.m. on Aug. 28.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.

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