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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost their first district game at Holliday on Tuesday.
The undefeated Lady Eagles won in straight sets against Nocona in a match that was expected to be closer between the only two undefeated teams left in the district.
The first set was all Holliday as the Lady Indians had trouble getting anything going. The Lady Eagles controlled the set from start to finish as they won 25-11.
Both the second and third sets were more competitive with Nocona hanging around and keeping pace better. Unfortunately in both sets, Holliday was able to do just enough at the end to secure wins with scores 25-22 and 25-21, winning the match.
With one loss, the Lady Indians are tied with Henrietta for second place in the district.
That could change before the teams play, when Nocona travels there to play at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29, but it will still be a big game.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted their first 1A district match on Tuesday and easily beat Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets with scores of 25-11, 25-11 and 25-20.
After a rough start against the 2A teams in district, Saint Jo finally got to play someone its own size and see how much it had learned from the continual tough tests.
Hannah Reyling led the team with seven kills and Kaitline Harris had a team high 17 assists. Kayden Skidmore added 16 assists and five kills. Kassidy Pitman and Elaina Everson each had a 90 percent serve-receive rating to help the Lady Panthers stay on the attack.
Saint Jo next hosts rival Forestburg, which is always an adjustment for the Lady Panthers to overcome in those matches. The match is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sept. 29.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns hosted a tough Poolville team on Tuesday and were overmatched by the bigger 2A school.
The Lady Monarchs won in straight sets with scores of 25-11, 25-9 and 25-8.
Faith Moore led the team with four kills and Katie Willett had seven assists.
On defense Bailey Payne and Moore each had six digs to lead the team.
The team is doing its best to compete against the routinely larger teams which will hopefully pay off when it plays other 1A schools in the district.
One of those is rival Saint Jo, where Forestburg will next play 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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