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Lady Rabbit volleyball gets challenged at first tournament
The Bowie Lady Rabbits got their first extended test in their first tournament of the season playing at the East View Tournament in Georgetown last weekend.
Playing seven games overall, the Lady Rabbits went 3-4 during the three-day stretch.
The Lady Rabbits first played 5A Hendrickson on Thursday morning. The Lady Hawks made quick work of Bowie winning both sets with scores 25-14 and 25-10.
The Lady Rabbits were able to bounce back a few hours later when they played against 4A Lake Belton,
Bowie won two close sets by the narrowest of margins 25-23 to win the match.
The Lady Rabbits closed out the day with a game at noon against 5A Lockhart.
Fresh off a good win against the Lady Broncos, Bowie easily won both sets against the Lady Lions with scores being 25-14 and 25-15.
The next day proved to be tougher overall for the Lady Rabbits. First playing 5A Leander in the morning, the Lady Lions won in straight sets with scores being 25-18 and 25-16.
It did not get easier as Bowie next played 6A Vista Ridge. The Lady Rangers won both sets with scores being 25-15 and 25-17.
The Lady Rabbits closed out the rough day playing 4A Salado. The Lady Eagles won both sets by the score of 25-16 and 25-15 to end Friday on a sour note.
Starting the last day of the tournament, Bowie wanted to compete better than it had the second day. The team was matched up against 6A Copperas Cove. Despite playing against a much bigger team, the Lady Rabbits had their chances to win either set in the match.
Unfortunately, the Lady Bulldawgs eked out wins by the narrowest margins 25-23 in both sets to win the match.
With one more game left and several losses in a row now, Bowie wanted to go home with something positive after its first day.
The team played 5A Cleburne to end the tournament and despite playing a school two classifications bigger, the Lady Rabbits took it to the Lady Yellowjackets. Bowie won in both sets by the score of 25-17 to pick up a win before heading home.
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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