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Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo vs Forestburg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers beat rival Forestburg at home on senior night Tuesday to close out the first round of district play.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Horns, winning their third straight game against 1A competition.
Saint Jo got out to a lead early 7-3. Forestburg had trouble summoning consistent enough offense to make up any margin while the Lady Panthers stayed consistent throughout the first set, winning 25-15.
The second set was not much better for the Lady Horns as Saint Jo’s lead quickly grew to double-digits.
Forestburg made the Lady Panthers work for the majority of their points with long rallies, but a good attack at the net usually ended them for Saint Jo as it won 25-12.
The Lady Horns tried to summon the energy to mount a comeback, but it was not meant to be that night. The Lady Panthers continued to play solid volleyball.
Forestburg was maybe trying a bit too hard that night. The team equaled the amount of kills it had with hitting errors as its players willed themselves to put just a little bit more on some shots to try and put pressure on Saint Jo’s defense.
The Lady Panthers made few mistakes as they rolled on to win the third set 25-9 to win the match and give their four seniors a happy senior night.
Saint Jo next plays at Alvord at 5 p.m. on Oct. 6. Forestburg travels to Chico to play at 5 p.m. on Oct. 6.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears won on senior night Tuesday while picking up a district win against Harrold.
The Lady Bears won in straight sets with set scores of 25-9, 25-22 and 25-14.
Gold-Burg did a lot of damage serving the ball. Sadie Whitaker had a run of 13 straight serves. Sister Shadie Whitaker had a streak of nine serves. Setter Kelly Contreras had 11 straight serves.
It was not all just serving the ball though. Setters Contreras and Taylor Lyons stepped up with their coverage and ran the offense in transition. Ashlyn Brown’s presence at the net caused damage all night.
The win was important because the team has a rematch against Prairie Valley, a team that beat the Lady Bears a little more than a week ago.
The game tips off at 10 a.m. on Oct. 3 at Prairie Valley’s gym.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost to the always tough 2A Archer City at home Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs lost in straight sets, but the second set was as close as any set could be. The set scores were 25-11, 25-23 and 25-12.
Emily Carpenter led the team with seven kills while Molly Gilleland was right behind her with five kills. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 13 assists.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter did not think her team played its best, but with some 1A teams next to play, she is feeling good where her team is.
One is soon as Prairie Valley hosts a rematch against Gold-Burg at 10 a.m. on Oct. 3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.
Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.
The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.
To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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