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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians traveled to Graham to play in the Lu Allen Tournament last week.
The Lady Indians had a tough time going 2-5 overall during the two days of games.
Nocona first started pool play against tournament host Graham. It went down to the wire, but the Lady Blues pulled out a close win in three sets.
The next two matches did not go the Lady Indians way as well with straight set losses to Greenwood and Wichita Falls Christian.
Nocona did finish the day on a good note though beating Post in another tough three set match.
The Lady Indians came back on Saturday to play in the silver bracket.
Nocona won its first game of the day against Waxahachie Life in a tight three set match.
The next match against Snyder also was tough as it went another three sets. This time however Nocona lost.
The Lady Indians played one final game at the tournament against Fairfield where they won in straight sets to leave the tournament on a good note.
This week Nocona hosts its Buckle Up For Lane Tournament on Thursday and Saturday to wrap up its tournament schedules for the preseason.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits traveled to Glen Rose to play in their second tournament last week.
Not all scores were provided at the time of publication, but some scores from the tournament were able to be found.
Bowie lost to Grandview and Wimberley in straight sets on Friday, but the Lady Rabbits were able to win a tough match against Sanger in three sets.
The only scores from Saturday found include straight set losses to Iowa Park and a rematch against Sanger.
Bowie is scheduled to play in Nocona’s Buckle Up for Lane Tournament this Thursday and Saturday to end its August tournament run of the season.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs did well at their second tournament last week in Chico.
The Lady Bulldogs finished third overall playing in the gold bracket on the final day.
The first day Prairie Valley picked up straight set wins against tournament host Chico and Electra, but lost against 3A S&S Consolidated.
In bracket play the Lady Bulldogs got matched up with 4A team Benbrook and lost in straight sets.
Prairie Valley was playing for third place against Newcastle.
The Lady Bulldogs lost the first set and looked like they were about to lose the match down 21-14 in the second set.
Sara Horton came through serving the ball as Prairie Valley reeled off eight straight points to get back into the set and eventually win 26-24.
The Lady Bulldogs carried that momentum into the third set and won easily to wrap up a third place finish.
Emily Carpenter was named all-tournament.
Prairie Valley is next scheduled to host Forestburg at 6 p.m. on Aug. 27.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears traveled to Chico to play in their second tournament last week.
The Lady Bears played in the small-school JV division and finished second in the gold bracket.
Gold-Burg beat S&S Consolidated in a tough three set match to star the tournament. The next two matched against Benbrook and Chico went better as the Lady Bears won with little drama in straight sets.
Coming back to play in the gold bracket on Saturday, Gold-Burg won its first game against Collinsville. Unfortunately, the Lady Bears lost the championship game against Benbrook’s other JV team to end the tournament on a down note.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was proud of her team, but thinks they were just worn out by the end of it.
Gold-Burg is next hosting Perrin-Whitt at 5 p.m. on Aug. 27.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Two former Bowie boy’s golf members played in the PGA University Championship on Nov. 12-13. (L-R) Cy Egenbacher and Imanol Walker are both in the Sam Houston University PGA Golf Managerment program. The team finished 16th overall. Egenbacher shot 168 during the two rounds and finished tied for 67th. Walker shot 180 and finished 84th. The tournament is a fun one for univesities that have PGA Golf Management programs, which is for individuals who want to work in the golf industry after graduation.
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Lady Panthers fall in the regional final
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers came up short at the regional final for the third straight season, one game away from state, on Saturday at the regional tournament in Midlothian.
The Lady Panthers beat Evant in straight sets 3-0 on Friday to reach the final game against Harrold which they lost 3-0.
Saint Jo knew before the season even started it would likely come to this big challenge, but it still had to go through all the steps to get there.
The Panthers reached the regional finals the previous two seasons, losing both times to eventual state champion Blum.
With district realignment meant a new region so a rematch with a Blum program that had graduated several key players from those teams would have to wait until state possibly.
Instead, a showdown against last year’s state runner-up Harrold was forecast in the regional final.
With the team having six seniors, with five of them having been on varsity since they were freshman, it was this year or bust for Saint Jo.
First, the Lady Panthers had to beat Evant. The Lady Elks leaned heavily on a big front court player. When she rotated to the back row, Evant showed almost no net resistance which meant Saint Jo hitters had free reign during that time.
The Lady Panthers won each set pretty easily, with the scores being 25-17, 25-17 and 25-19.
This set up the match with Harrold the team had been anticipating. The Lady Hornets had been at or near the top of the state standings since the beginning of the season.
Harrold had so much respect it had even played bigger local schools this season, beating Bowie in straight sets and Nocona in five sets during its pre-district schedule.
The two teams had met earlier in the season when the Lady Hornets attended Saint Jo’s hosted tournament. The two teams met in the tournament championship where Harrold won 2-1.
Still, with the tournament format being a best of three instead of five and the match after playing an exhausting schedule of five matches the previous two days, that result was not gospel, especially two months later.
The challenge is Harrold had multiple big hitters at the net, which is a big deal since most 1A teams are lucky to have one or two, which meant constant pressure on Saint Jo’s defense.
This also meant the Lady Panthers constantly had to find ways to attack the Lady Hornet defense as well or it would face strong hit after strong hit which was unsustainable for any team.
The first set saw the Lady Hornets get out to a good start before the Lady Panthers rallied back and took a little lead 8-7. Unfortunately, it started turn from there.
Harrold had some good runs from the service line that Saint Jo struggled to make much offense out of and led to the Lady Hornets pulling away. Harrold won 4-1 to get the lead to 11-9 and then extended it to 14-11, 17-13. Another 4-1 run and the Lady Hornets could smell the end of the first set coming.
The Lady Hornets won 25-17 to take the lead 1-0.
Saint Jo needed to bounce back, but unfortunately never got anything going in set two.
Harrold led 4-1 and then 8-2. The Lady Panthers would have needed a huge run at some point from the service line to get back into the set, but it never came as the Lady Hornets lead grew more and more.
Harrold took set two 25-13 to go up 2-0 and had all of the momentum.
Saint Jo had its back against the wall, knowing the only option was to hope for a comeback that would lead to a fifth set, but to get there it needed to win set three.
The Lady Panthers initially started on the right foot. After falling being 4-1 to start the previous two sets, it was Saint Jo that started well up 4-1. Unfortunately, the Lady Hornets came roaring back, going on an 8-2 run as it led 9-6, then 12-8 and 15-10.
It looked like it was heading towards a similar place as set one with Harrold slowly running away with the set before the Lady Panthers made one last gasp.
Saint Jo eventually cut the lead down to one point, trailing 20-19 as the set entered the final stretch and the Lady Panthers had their best momentum of the match.
Unfortunately, it was Harrold that was able to close the set out with momentum, earning the final five points to win 25-19 and the match 3-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News. For pictures from Friday’s match, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870620&T=1
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