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Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs beat district and county opponent Gold-Burg on Saturday.
Less than two weeks since the first match between the teams, the Lady Bulldogs won the second match in straight sets.
The first two sets were all Prairie Valley as it won 25-14 and 25-16. The Lady Bears were not just going to lay down though.
Gold-Burg stole set three in the first match and looked poised to do so again up 18-11 and fired up.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter called a timeout to settle her team a bit before the Lady Bulldogs came back to win the set 25-22.
Prairie Valley next hosts Petrolia at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10. The Lady Bears next host Electra at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers almost stole a win against 2A Chico at home on Friday night, losing a five set epic.
The Lady Panthers lost momentum after winning the first two sets, with the Lady Dragons winning the next three sets in authoritative fashion.
Saint Jo won a competitive first set 25-20 and breezed by Chico in the second set winning 25-13. Something woke up the Lady Dragons, who breathed fire the rest of the match. Chico won the next three sets with scores of 25-16, 25-18 and 15-8.
It was disappointing for the Lady Panthers, who were riding a three-game win streak heading into the match.
Saint Jo next hosts the tough 2A Lindsay at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 9.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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