SPORTS
Prairie Valley beats Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears hosted Prairie Valley on Tuesday in an important district matchup.
Despite the Lady Bears home court advantage, the Lady Bulldogs won 3-1 in a match that means almost more than district standings due to the two teams sharing a county.
The first set was all Prairie Valley as the Lady Bulldogs got out to an 8-2 start. Gold-Burg had spurts of scoring, but never could make up that margin and cut the score close. The Lady Bulldogs won 25-12.
The second set saw the Lady Bears have a more competitive start trailing 6-4, but Prairie Valley’s lead continued to grow little by little 9-6 and 12-8.
From there the Lady Bulldog’s serving did a number on Gold-Burg’s serve-receive game. Prairie Valley pulled away even more as it won the second set 25-11.
The third set looked destined to be the last as the Lady Bulldogs started it off strong and led 7-3.
The Lady Bears turned things around as they came back to tie the score at 10-10. Their powerful serves gave Prairie Valley some trouble and more of the long rallies started to go Gold-Burg’s way.
The Lady Bears took the control of the lead 14-11 and did not relinquish it. Prairie Valley cut the lead to 21-19, but Gold-Burg got on a hot streak at the right time to close out the set, winning 25-21.
Unfortunately for the Lady Bears, the Lady Bulldogs came back strong in the fourth set.
Prairie Valley jumped out to an 8-2 lead early in the set. This time, there would be no Gold-Burg comeback to make it close
The Lady Bulldogs were in control and never let the Lady Bears back into the set as they won 25-16 to win the match.
These two teams soon meet again on Oct. 3. Before that, Prairie Valley hosts Archer City at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29. Gold-Burg hosts Harrold at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29.
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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