SPORTS
Bowie volleyball hosts final dual match
The Bowie Lady Rabbits got their final tune up games in before district play on Saturday as they hosted Ponder and Poolville.
The Lady Rabbits fell to the Lady Lions in three while the Lady Monarchs took them to the brink in a five-set match Bowie came out on top.
The match against Ponder did not start well. The Lady Rabbits did not bring much energy to start off and the Lady Lions pounced early and built a big lead. Bowie never got anything going in set one, losing 25-12.
The next two sets were much more competitive as the Lady Rabbits better matched Ponder’s energy.
Unfortunately, the Lady Lions were able to close well to win both sets by close scores 25-22 and 25-23.
Jayci Logan led the team with nine kills, Neely Price had 21 assists, Taygon Jones had 26 digs and Lexi Kirkham had two blocks to lead the team.
Bowie knew it could not have a bad start in the match against Poolville. The first set was a competitive back-and-forth affair. The Lady Monarchs got the advantage late in the set and closed well to win the first set 25-22.
The Lady Rabbits came back to win the second set as they controlled it for it most of the set. Bowie won by a comfortable margin 25-18 to tie the match up.
Poolville brushed off the second set and completely controlled set three as the Lady Rabbits were playing catch up. The Lady Monarchs won by a big margin 25-16 to take the lead 2-1.
The Lady Rabbits would need to win the next two sets in a row to win the match at this point and they were on a mission to succeed.
The fourth set was competitive with neither team getting much of a lead. Bowie took control late and was able to hold on to win the set 25-22 to force a fifth and final set.
The Lady Rabbits took advantage early getting a nice advantage, winning the set 15-10 and the match 3-2.
Jones had a monster game as she led the team with 17 kills and 39 digs. Price led the team with 34 assists and two blocks. BJ Mills had a team high five aces to go along with 11 kills.
This young Bowie team has gone through some battles in the first month of the season.
The Lady Rabbits will have to put all of that to the test now games will start to count towards a playoff seeding and a possible district title.
Bowie’s first home district game will be at 6 p.m. on Sept. 15 against Henrietta.
To see individual statistics, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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