SPORTS
Bowie girls win area game against Merkel
The Bowie Lady Rabbits beat Merkel on Saturday in the area round of the playoffs.
The Lady Rabbits beat the Lady Badgers 53-42, finally pulling away at the end as Merkel tried to keep it close down the stretch.
Bowie came in on a high from the previous week’s dramatic bi-district win against Brock, but it also had been more than a week since then.
With the state experiencing snow and temperatures that caused big problems all week, the Lady Rabbits were lucky to get in one practice the day before.
While on paper it looked like Bowie would be an easy favorite since Merkel was a four seed, there was a reason the Lady Badgers made easy work against one seed Crane in the bi-district, winning 55-40.
Merkel was in a district with state-ranked teams Jim Ned and Wall, giving the Lady Hawks all it could handle in both district games.
The Lady Badgers showed it was not going to be an easy game from the start. The Lady Rabbits found themselves in an early hole and had to climb back to cut the lead to 11-8 heading into the second quarter.
Again Merkel started the quarter strong and Bowie found itself down double-digits and on the verge of being left in the dust.
Some 3-pointers and free throws from Jayci Logan and Abbi Gamblin along with better defense allowed the Lady Rabbits to come back and again cut the score close before the quarter ended. Bowie trailed 22-18 at halftime.
Coming out of halftime, the Lady Rabbits defensive intensity with their full-court press started to do its work. It started to create chaos which rattled Merkel and allowed Bowie to grab control.
The Lady Rabbits scored as many points as they had in the entire first half in the third quarter. Camberley Gunter made two 3-pointers and scored eight points while Logan scored five as Bowie took the lead.
Limiting the Lady Badgers to just eight points, the Lady Rabbits took a 36-30 lead into the fourth quarter along with momentum.
Things continued as Bowie eventually built a double-digit lead, but Merkel was not going to let the Lady Rabbits win so easily.
The Lady Badgers defensive intensity went up and Bowie started to turn the ball over. Merkel cut the lead to five points and seemed to have the Lady Rabbits on the ropes as time was winding down.
Then Gunter nailed a corner 3-pointer that not only put Bowie back up to an eight point lead, but was a momentum killer for the Lady Badgers.
The Lady Rabbits then were able to make enough free throws down the stretch to secure the win by double-digits, avoiding any dramatic finish with the final 53-42.
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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