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Girls basketball roundup
Gold-Burg The Gold-Burg Lady Bears beat up on Petrolia’s junior varsity squad on Tuesday.
The Lady Bears won big 67-24 in a game they dominated against the Lady Pirates.
Gold-Burg scored in double-figures in the first three quarters before cooling off in the fourth quarter with the win in hand.
Kelly Contreras led the Lady Bears as she equalled the amount of points scored by Petrolia with 24 points. Sadie Whitaker, Taylor Lyons and Ashlyn Brown all scored in double-figures as well.
Gold-Burg next starts district play against perennial district favorite Slidell at 6 p.m. on Dec. 15 at home.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns won at Perrin-Whitt on Tuesday thanks to a good defensive performance.
The Lady Horns won 42-35 against the Lady Pirates on the road.
Morgan Miller led the team scoring 17 points inside while Faith Moore was second scoring nine points.
Coach Cori Hayes liked what he saw from his team in the win, but still sees room for improvement.
Forestburg starts off district play next playing Bellevue at 6 p.m. on Dec. 15.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough game to Newcastle on Tuesday.
The Lady Bobcats won 42-36, pulling away in the final minutes thanks to free throws.
The Lady Bulldogs had trouble all night defending one Newcastle player in the post as she finished with 28 points.
Prairie Valley fell behind 16-5 in the first quarter, but the Lady Bulldogs made up a lot of it in the second quarter as they trailed only 22-19 at halftime.
Carmen Gomez led the team scoring 13 points while Emily Carpenter finished with a double-double scoring 12 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter was glad her team stayed in the game despite so many things going wrong for them in the game, especially early on.
Prairie Valley starts district at Saint Jo next, playing at 6 p.m. on Dec. 15.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a low-scoring game against Graford on Tuesday.
The Lady Rabbits won 27-12 in a defensive struggle.
The Lady Panthers took the lead early in the first quarter 7-4, but Graford scored in double-digits in both the second and fourth quarters while Saint Jo scored just five more points in the game.
Kayden Skidmore and Kaitline Harris led the team scoring four points each.
Coach Daniel Lindenborn thought his team played hard overall, but just needs more confidence scoring the ball.
Saint Jo starts off district play at home at 6 p.m. on Dec. 15.
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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