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Volleyball Roundup

Published

6 years ago

10/10/2020

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won an important district game against fellow 1A opponent Harrold on Tuesday at home.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against the Lady Hornets.
Though Prairie Valley did not play its best match, it played well enough to win with set scores 25-9, 25-14 and 25-18.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 18 kills and added 13 assists.
Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 17 assists.
Molly and Randi Gilleland led the team with three service aces apiece.
Brianna Harris had one block at the net while adding five kills.
The Lady Bulldogs next host Electra at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost at 2A Alvord on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets with scores of 25-18, 25-13 and 25-16.
Setter Kaitline Harris led the team with nine assists.
Kayden Skidmore had a team high six kills and added seven assists. Hannah Reyling pitched in four kills.
The Lady Panthers next play at Poolville at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost against 2A Chico on the road Tuesday night.
The tall and tough Lady Dragons won in straight sets with set scores 25-11, 25-10 and 25-10.
Athena Britain led the team with three kills and nine digs while Faith Moore had four assists.
Coach Cori Hayes thought his team had some good rallies with Chico.
Unfortunately, the daunting 2A matchup was just too overwhelming to overcome.
The Lady Horns next play at Lindsay at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost to Petrolia on Tuesday night at home.
The Lady Bears started okay, but the Lady Pirates would win in straight sets with scores 25-16, 25-11 and 25-9.
There were some moments of brightness. The defense played well overall and Kelly Contreras had a point where she served six times in a row. It was not enough that night to get the win.
Gold-Burg next plays at Bryson at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.

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Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory

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5 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.

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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney

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5 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.

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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages

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5 days ago

08/20/2026

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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.