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Lady Rabbits lose at Bridgeport
The Bowie Lady Rabbits traveled to Bridgeport on Tuesday night to play the Sissies.
The Lady Rabbits did not have it as Bridgeport won in straight sets 3-0.
Bowie did not have the best start to the match, losing the first set 25-11. The second set was a bit more competitive, but the Sissies won by a comfortable margin 25-17 to go up 2-0.
The Lady Rabbits played their best in the third set as it came down to who executed in the final points. Unfortunately, Bridgeport was able to close the set strong 25-21 to win the match.
With district play starting this week, Bowie only has its home dual against Poolville and Ponder on Sept. 5 as the final games to get ready for it.
The Lady Rabbits open district at 6 p.m. on Sept. 8 at Holliday.
Junior High
The Bowie Junior High volleyball teams opened its season with games against Archer City and Henrietta.
The Lady Cottontails first played Archer City on Aug. 24.
The combo team lost 2-0 with set scores of 25-20 and 25-16. The seventh grade A team won its match 2-0 with scores of 25-15 and 25-13. The eighth grade A team won its match as well with scores of 25-18 and 25-13.
Coaches Rhonda Parr and Jaimie Hickey thought the girls showed lots of hustle in these matches. They were proud how hard the players had worked in the short amount of time they have practiced so far.
Bowie next played Henrietta on Aug. 31 where most of the teams struggled. The seventh grade A team lost 2-0 with scores of 25-13 and 25-14. The seventh grade B team lost 2-0 with scores of 25-13 and 25-14.
The eighth grade A team lost 2-0 with set scores of 25-13 and 25-19. The eighth grade B team lost 2-0 with set scores of 25-10 and 25-21.
The Lady Cottontails next game will be against Jacksboro with games starting at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 at the Bowie High School.
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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