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Basketball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won their rescheduled district game at Forestburg on Monday.
The Lady Bulldogs won 43-30 against the Lady Horns, getting out to a big lead in the first half.
Prairie Valley methodically passed through Forestburg’s two-three zone for open shots away from the basket, avoiding the Lady Horns tall post player Morgan Miller at all cost.
The Lady Bulldogs did well, with five different players scoring baskets in the first quarter, including Molly Gilleland who scored nine of the team’s 17 points.
Forestburg was trying to get the ball in to Miller in the post, but Prairie Valley tried to make it tough by pressuring ball handlers and stuffing the lane with multiple bodies.
The second quarter was similar as the Lady Bulldogs scored 12 points. Hailey Winkler scored eight points to lead the team as Prairie Valley led 29-6 at halftime.
The Lady Horns came out with more energy in the second half. They played smaller at times and found some success driving to the lane while making some 3-pointers. Unfortunately for them, the switch to man defense during some of these moments left the lane wide open as the Lady Bulldogs made them pay on offense.
Still, Forestburg outscored Prairie Valley 13-5 in the third quarter, cutting the lead to 34-19.
The Lady Horns would need a lot of things to break right for them to come back from a double-digit hole, but they fell short.
The Lady Bulldogs scored a bit more in the fourth, enough to make sure Forestburg never got the lead too close as they won.
Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers first game back from the Christmas break against Muenster on Wednesday was a defensive struggle they would lose.
The Hornets won the low-scoring game 30-22 as both teams try to shake off the holiday rust.
The Panthers played good defense against the usual 2A power program from down the road. Unfortunately, they also struggled to score against good defense from Muenster.
“We came out hot taking a 10-7 lead in the first, but just couldn’t get anything going after that and they slowly pounded away at us and found ways to score by hitting the boards that we didn’t have on our end,” Coach Lyndon Cook said.
Despite the disappointing loss, Cook was proud how his team competed with the Hornets, a program he has a lot of respect for since he is a graduate from there.
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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