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Volleyball Playoffs Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians finally got past Brock on Thursday night in their bi-district game.
The Lady Indians beat the two-seed 3-1 at Mineral Wells to continue their season into the area round.
The Lady Eagles program has haunted this senior class, ending their playoff runs in volleyball in two years and in basketball the last two seasons.
Nocona came out fired up to start the game, blitzing Brock in the first set to win 25-11. The Lady Eagles got some things going and won the second set 25-17 to tie the match up.
The next two sets were both competitive and required execution down the stretch of both to come away with the win. In both sets the Lady Indians did winning 25-22 and 25-21 to win the match 3-1.
Nocona is scheduled to play Sonora in the area round on Nov. 2-3. Playoff information is not yet known.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs came back to beat Perrin-Whitt in the bi-district playoff game in five sets on Thursday.
The Lady Bulldogs won the final two sets to win 3-2 against the Lady Pirates.
Perrin-Whitt won the first and third sets in a competitive way 25-20 and 25-21 to take a 2-1 lead.
Facing match set, Prairie Valley buckled down and took control of the fourth set to win 25-16. In the fifth set the Lady Bulldogs were still running off of that momemtum as they built a lead and won 15-9, winning the match 3-2.
Emily Carpenter had a career high 31 kills and also passed out 17 assists. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 27 assists and Brianna Harris came up big with four blocks at the net to go along with 12 kills.
Details for the area game are still being worked out, but the Lady Bulldogs are planning for the game to be played on Nov. 2.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won their bi-district playoff game against Graford on Thursday night.
The Lady Bears got the win in four sets winning 3-1, with the last two sets won with authority.
After splitting the first two sets that could have gone either way with scores 25-23 Gold-Burg and 25-21 Lady Rabbits, the Lady Bears took their play to another level. Gold-Burg won set three 25-17 and set four 25-18 to win the match.
It is the program’s second bi-district win in the last three seasons. Gold-Burg hopes to add an area win to the list of accomplishments this season.
The Lady Bears play Evant at 7 p.m. at Goldley on Nov. 3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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