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Volleyball Roundup
Forestburg vs Gold-Burg
The Forestburg Lady Horns held a dual at their gym on Tuesday night against Bryson and Gold-Burg.
The Lady Horns lost 3-1 against the Lady Cowgirls, but earned their first win of the season against the Lady Bears in a five set thriller 3-2.
Forestburg lost the first two sets against Bryson 25-21 and 25-16, but would win the third set 25-21 to force a fourth set. The Lady Cowgirls were able to close the match, but the Lady Horns made them earn it with the score 25-20.
Against Gold-Burg, Forestburg came out hot, winning the first set 25-14. The Lady Bears came back to win a closer contested second set 25-20 to tie the match up.
The Lady Horns would win the third set by a big margin 25-11, but Gold-Burg would not go down silently, winning the fourth set 25-17 to force a fifth and final set.
Forestburg regrouped, winning several points in a row to win the fifth set 15-5 to win the match.
Forestburg next plays at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 at Quanah. Gold-Burg next plays at 5 p.m. on Sept. 1 at Olney.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough five-set match to Vernon Northside at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs lost the match 3-2 after winning the first two sets of the match.
Prairie Valley came ready to play while Coach Jeannie Carpenter thought the Lady Indians might have come in with a bit too much confidence.
Mistakes from Vernon Northside were feasted on by the Lady Bulldogs at the net as they won the first two sets with scores of 25-16 and 25-22.
The Lady Indians woke up and started using their athleticism to their advantage winning the next two sets in one-sided fashion 25-13 and 25-14 to force a fifth set. By that point, Prairie Valley could not summon the energy to turn the momentum, losing the fifth set 15-8 and the match.
Emily Carpenter led the team with nine kills and two blocks. Veronica Gutierrez had 11 assists, Hailey Winkler had 36 digs and Molly Gilleland had two aces.
The Lady Bulldogs next play at 5 p.m. on Sept. 1 at Alvord.
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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