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Lady Rabbits win 62-32 against Breckenridge
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a happy senior night with a blowout win against Breckenridge on Tuesday.
The Lady Rabbits won 62-32 thanks in large part to a big third quarter.
Bowie started off the game well in the first quarter. The offense relentlessly drove to the basket and either scored or were sent to the free throw line where the team made six of its eight attempts.
On defense, the Lady Rabbits press and trap forced turnovers in the half court, but not many could be transitioned into easy points on the fast break. They did stifle the Lady Bucks from doing much in the first quarter as Bowie led 16-4 in the first quarter.
Brekenridge started to get a handle on breaking the press and capitalizing on some of the chances that came when players broke through. The Lady Bucks made three 3-pointers and actually outscored the Lady Rabbits during the quarter 15-12 thanks to an impressive full-court heave at the buzzer that banked into the basket.
Bowie’s lead had shrunk to 28-19 heading into halftime and Breckenridge felt like it might stick around all game and give the Lady Rabbits a harder challenge than expected.
The two teams exchanged two quick baskets in the opening minutes of the third. Out of nowhere Bowie switched its defense from a trapping press to man-to-man press.
The sudden switch seemed to confuse the Lady Bucks who quickly called a timeout. Expecting that, the Lady Rabbits switched back to trapping although with slight adjustments from their usual system.
Immediately, Bowie’s press started causing chaos for Breckenridge. Steals and deflections led to great transition opportunities on offense and the Lady Rabbits. The physicality of the game seemed to double and the Lady Bucks had trouble establishing any type of offense.
This led to shots going in on offense for Bowie even outside of transition opportunities as everything was going the Lady Rabbits way.
With the third quarter coming to a close, Bowie nearly doubled its scoring output in the first half. The game was in hand with the lead up to 55-27 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Rabbits emptied their bench in the fourth quarter and the shots dried up a bit as the intensity waned with the game in hand. Bowie coasted to the finish with the final score 62-32.
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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