SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started district play with a test on Tuesday traveling to Jacksboro.
The Lady Indians had to scrape and claw to get the win in five sets, coming back from 2-1 deficit.
Nocona came out swinging the first set as it won in a one-sided fashion 25-16. The second set was the most competitive of the whole match.
The Lady Indians had a chance to go up two sets, but the Lady Tigers fought hard. Jacksboro would win the set in extra points 29-27 to tie the match at 1-1.
Nocona fell behind in the third set and could never make up the margin. The Lady Tigers won the set 25-18 to take the lead in the match 2-1.
The Lady Indians would need to win the last two sets if they wanted to win the match, but first had to take care of business in the fourth set.
Nocona played with great energy and spirit Jacksboro could not match as it won the fourth set by the same margin it won the first set 25-16. This tied the match at 2-2 to force a fifth and final set.
It was competitive, but the Lady Indians pulled away in the end to win the set 15-12 and the match 3-2.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 22 kills. Sydni Messer was second with 11 kills while leading the team with 27 assists and five service aces.
Nocona next plays a non-district game at Melissa at 6 p.m. on Sept. 15.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs traveled to Olney on Tuesday night to face the Lady Cubs.
The Lady Bulldogs were able to avenge some tough recent performances as they easily beat Olney in straight sets. None of the sets were competitive with scores like 25-15, 25-7 and 25-14.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 11 kills and six service aces while Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 13 assists.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter thought this was a game her team really needed to win to move past some not so good recent play.
Prairie Valley next plays at Electra at 5 p.m. on Sept. 15 to start district play.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns traveled to Graford on Tuesday as they opened up district play.
The Lady Horns fell to the Lady Rabbits in straight sets. The second set was the most competitive, but Forestburg just could not make enough good things happen consistently enough to hang with Graford with scores of 25-10, 25-17 and 25-13.
Athena Britain led the team with three service aces and Faith Moore had five assists. Moore and Katie Willett each had a team high five digs. Bailey Payne, Keeleigh Burnam, Kendal Cross and Willett each had two kills apiece to lead the team.
The Lady Horns next travel to Alvord to play at 5 p.m. on Sept. 15.
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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