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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.
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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