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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians traveled to Ponder on Tuesday to take on the Lady Lions.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets all being won by a comfortable margin that did not leave any fans sweating.
Nocona won the sets with scores 25-13, 25-16 and 25-19. Averee Kleinhans led the team with 17 kills. Taylor Newman joined her in double figures with 11 kills.
On defense, Karlee Brown had three blocks while libero Laramie Hayes had a team high 22 digs.
Coach Tanya Samples thought the team played as well as she could hope and had little to complain about.
The team still has work to do with mental errors, but with it being so early in the season that is to be expected.
Nocana next hosts Windthorst at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 25.
Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg
Gold-Burg hosted Graford and Saint Jo on a Tuesday night dual.
The Lady Bears were able to beat the Lady Rabbits in four sets, but lost to the Lady Panthers not long after.
Gold-Burg won the first two sets against Graford 25-17 and 25-19. The Lady Rabbits came back to win the third set 25-17, but the Lady Bears made sure to put them away in the fourth, winning a one-sided set 25-13.
Saint Jo had a challenge trying to get things going after sitting for so long, but once the match started the Lady Panthers took control.
The team won the first two sets by the comfortable scores of 25-16 and 25-13. Gold-Burg made them earn it in the third set. It was competitive, but Saint Jo would win 25-22 to win the match.
Coach Charlie Hamilton liked what she saw from her team.
Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her girls played well against Graford and held up better against the Lady Panthers despite the score not reflecting it.
Saint Jo next hosts Vernon Northside at 5 p.m. on Aug. 28. The Lady Bears next host Forestburg at 6 p.m. on Aug. 25.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs stay undefeated with a win against Chillocothe on Tuesday at home.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against the Lady Eagles, winning with the competitive scores of 25-22, 25-19 and 26-24.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 12 kills while Brianna Harris was second with seven. Veronica Gutierrez led the attack with 17 assists and libero Hailey Winkler dove around to get 13 digs on defense.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter liked what she saw from her team despite facing off with a team that was physically intimidating.
The Lady Bulldogs next play Vernon Northside at 4:30 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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