SPORTS
Bowie volleyball wins first home game
The Bowie Lady Rabbits played their first home game of the season on Tuesday against Alvord and came away with the win in an up and down performance.
The Lady Rabbits beat the Lady Bulldogs in straight sets, but two of the three sets had lots of highs and lows.
The first set was not going Bowie’s way. Alvord opened up a 9-6 lead that just kept growing and growing. The Lady Bulldogs lead extended to 19-11 at one point and it looked like the Lady Rabbits were just going to concede the set so they could move on.
Any good momentum built by Bowie at the end of the first set could be important so it could at least start off the next set well.
The Lady Rabbits built some good momentum, so good they came all the way back to tie the score at 23-23. Bowie had seven chances at set point as it needed to win by two points, but each time Alvord battled back.
The set kept going despite some confusion it might be capped at 30 points which would have given the Lady Bulldogs the win in their one set point advantage.
Eventually, Bowie won the set 32-30 to take the lead and completing a comeback from an eight point deficit.
The second set again saw the Lady Rabbits fall behind midway through. Alvord had a 17-13 lead that Bowie would battle back from once again, tying the score at 20-20. It was back and forth as the set closed, but again the Lady Rabbits closed strong to steal the set at the end 25-23.
After losing two close sets they were in position to win at the very end, the Lady Bulldogs seemed to have no fight left. Bowie started the third set strong and built a 10-5 lead.
Alvord did cut the lead to 11-9, but that would be as close as the set got. The Lady Rabbits lead just grew after that from 16-9 to eventually 25-15 as they won the set and the match 3-0 with little drama.
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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