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Lady Bears beat Saint Jo 39-23
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears broke away in the fourth quarter to beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday.
The Lady Bears won 39-23 on senior night to earn their first district win.
Both teams came into the game off the holiday break with not just rust from not playing, but only five players and no subs on the bench.
The first quarter showed it was going to be a low scoring game. Gold-Burg’s shots from outside were not going in. The Lady Panthers were having trouble trying to pass through the Lady Bears’ zone defense. Gold-Burg led 9-6 after the first quarter.
Saint Jo did better in the second quarter. Kate Sherwin made two jump shots and the Lady Panthers grabbed the lead 15-14 as their defense continued to give the Lady Bears problems.
After halftime Gold-Burg started the third quarter by making a 3-pointer to grab the lead. Almost midway through the quarter disaster struck for Saint Jo. One of its players fouled out, which meant the team would have to play the rest of the game with one less player.
The Lady Panthers had to go to a zone on defense instead of the usual man-to-man defense along with other complications that would come up playing with one less player.
The Lady Bears took advantage initially, taking a 21-15 lead, but Saint Jo buckled down and fought. Kayden Skidmore made several mid-range shots and Sherwin scored a basket in the final two minutes of the quarter to keep the game close, the Lady Panthers trailing only 24-21.
The fourth quarter saw Gold-Burg start to make its run. Shadie Whitaker scored six points and Taylor Lyons scored five in the quarter to help the Lady Bears finally pull away.
With the game out of reach, Saint Jo had trouble answering with much offense as Gold-Burg won 39-23.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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