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Volleyball Roundup

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played in their first tournament during the weekend while traveling to Denton Ryan.
Competing against only big schools with the Lady Indians being the only 3A school there, Nocona did well overall going 5-3 while making it to the silver bracket.
The first day of the tournament did not go well. The Lady Indians lost both of their games on Thursday to Aubrey and Frisco Contennial.
Friday went better for Nocona.
The team rebounded to win matches against Fort Worth South Hills, Fort Worth Eastern Hills and Dallas Pinkston without dropping a set.
Playing in the silver bracket on Saturday, the Lady Indians lost their first game to Springtown.
Nocona finished out the day strong with close wins against Lubbock High School and Dallas Bryan Adams.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted county 3A team Nocona’s JV squad on Friday in their second game of the season.
The Lady Panthers stayed undefeated as they won in straight sets against the Lady Indians JV team.
The first set was the most competitive as Saint Jo barely won 26-24. After picking up that win, sets two and three went the Lady Panthers way without much drama winning 25-15 and 25-17.
Kayden Skidmore led the team with eight kills while adding five assists and two aces. Taylor Patrick led the team with nine assists. Aubrey Morman had a team high three aces while adding five kills.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs traveled to Bryson to play in their first tournament last week.
The Lady Bulldogs came away with a 3-1 record, only losing their final game of the tournament.
Prairie Valley first played district opponent Gold-Burg and won 25-11, 25-11. Next the Lady Bulldogs played 4A Graham’s freshman team. Prairie Valley won in straight sets 25-11 and 25-9.
Next the Lady Bulldogs had a rematch with Perrin-Whitt, who they beat earlier in the week. It was the same result as Prairie Valley again won in straight sets 25-18 and 25-13.
The Lady Bulldogs ended the tournament on a down note with a tough loss to Wildorado. After losing a close first set 25-23, Prairie Valley won the second set 25-17 to force a third and final set.
Wildorado would win the set 25-17 to win the match and the Lady Bulldogs their first loss of the season.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears got their first action last weekend playing in a tournament at Bryson.
The Lady Bears went 2-2 overall at the tournament as the team was able to do some good things.
Gold-Burg got an early test in its first match of the tournament against district opponent Prairie Valley.
The Lady Bears fell in the first match losing by scores of 25-15 and 25-11.
Gold-Burg bounced back though.
The Lady Bears beat 4A Graham’s freshman team in straight sets 25-15 and 25-13.
They then beat Perrin-Whitt in a back and forth three-set match with scores of 25-22, 18-25 and 25-14.
To read the full stories, pick up a copy of mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Crutsinger resigns from Nocona

It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Cervantes signs to college

Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Sieberts earn bronze at state

Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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