SPORTS
Lady Rabbits beat Porcupines at home
The Bowie Lady Rabbits beat Springtown at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits weathered a hot first quarter before taking control to win 71-55.
The Lady Porcupines came out firing to start the game.They made four 3-pointers and scored 26 points in the opening quarter.
Bowie did not panic. Camberley Gunter and Taygon Jones combined to score 14 of the team’s 18 points in the quarter to try and keep pace. The Lady Rabbits trailed after the quarter, but were not out of the game.
Bowie’s defense tightened up and Springtown’s shooters cooled off in the second quarter. This allowed the Lady Rabbits to come back and take the lead at one point. The Lady Porcupines made some shots at the end of the quarter to take the lead back at halftime 36-33, but Bowie had the momentum.
That momentum carried over into the third quarter. The Lady Rabbits had their own long-range shooting quarter, making five 3-pointers and scoring 24 points.
On the other side of the court, Bowie’s defense continued its high pressure attack that kept Springtown from scoring much. The Lady Rabbits held the Lady Porcupines to only six points in the quarter as they took the lead and control of the game 57-42.
The fourth quarter was more evenly played as Bowie did not let Springtown try and get back into the game. The Lady Rabbits would win 71-55.
Jones led the team with 25 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. Camberley Gunter was second with 17 points while leading the team with five made 3-pointers and four steals. Season Eudey and Abbi Gamblin also scored in double-figures scoring 15 and 10 points.
The team made 11 3-pointers in the game while getting to the free throw line 23 times, making 16.
The Lady Rabbits start district off hosting Holliday.
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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