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Bowie volleyball loses at Henrietta 3-1
The Bowie Lady Rabbits opened their season at Henrietta on Tuesday with a loss to the Lady Cats.
Henrietta won in four sets in a match that had competitive moments for Bowie, but it was not enough.
The Lady Rabbits came into the match after losing on Sept. 10 against 4A Graham. Bowie lost the tough match in five sets that could have gone either way. The set scores were 17-25, 25-19, 32-30, 23-25 and 14-16.
The first set on Tuesday was competitive with neither team building too big of a lead until midway through.
Henrietta was up 14-11 when the Lady Rabbits won nine of the next 10 points to open up a 20-15 lead.
Bowie was able to close out the set by splitting the next 10 points to win 25-20 and take the early lead.
The second set saw the Lady Rabbits never get on track. The Lady Cats lead continued to grow from 7-3 to 11-4. With Bowie down 20-10, it was time to mentally concede the set and try to build momentum for an important set three. Henrietta won 25-14 to tie the match.
The third set saw the Lady Rabbits early lead blossom into a several point cushion. Bowie led 12-8 and held the same margin 10 points later up 17-13.
Henrietta came back to cut the lead to one point several times, but the Lady Rabbits still led 23-22 heading into the final points.
Unfortunately, the Lady Cats won the final three points to steal the set 25-23 and take the lead 2-1.
After losing an important third set, some teams might have given up.
The prospect of winning two straight sets to be able to win the overall match is hard for some teams to gather energy to play well in the fourth set.
Bowie instead came out and played the opening points even. The teams were tied 10-10, with Henrietta leading only 13-12 a few points later.
The Lady Cats then went on a bit of a run to open the lead to 17-13 and 19-16. The Lady Rabbits closed the lead to within two points 21-19, but ultimately could no retake the lead.
Henrietta closed the match winning five of the last six points to win the set 25-20 and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
In its’ second consecutive playoff trip, Bowie’s volleyball team gave it a valiant effort against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy. The Eagles proved to be too much with an athletic frontcourt proving too much in a 3-0 win (25-20,25-21,25-18) Oct. 29 at Breckenridge High.
Bowie led midway though all three sets but the Eagles were able to come from behind and pull out the win.
The Eagles got out quickly with a 5-0 lead in the opener. The Lady Rabbits showed some gumption and stormed right back with a Taelyn Webb dink breaking serve. Junior Molly Enlow rolled off four points to knot the game at five. KP Rutherford’s kil kept the drive alive.
Olivia Stewart’s kill set the stage for Serenity Klump’s three-point string. Frontcourt work by Ellie Mowery and Stewart allowed Bowie to take a 10-9 lead. Bowie maintained the lead thanks to dinks by Abby Reneau and Stewart, which forced the Eagles into a timeout.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In its first playoff game of 2026, Saint Jo took control after a slow start and wound up cruising past Garner 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) in a Class A area round game Nov. 2.
The Lady Panthers will face Strawn, which swept Crowell in the area round, next. No further details were available as of press time.
The Lady Longhorns showed they were ready to play in the early going, getting out to a 9-4 lead in game one. Saint Jo broke serve and used a pair of Kamron Skidmore points, aided by Savannah Hill kills on both points to get within one.
Garner led by six midway through the set before Hill’s five-point serving run, helped along by a Skidmore kill to draw within 13-14. A Skidmore kill was followed by two Skidmore points, including an ace, to tie the game at 19.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Several county schools will have runners at the state cross country meet Nov. 7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Bowie, which qualified for regionals with a 3rd place finish at the District 6-3A Meet, will have both Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater, who finished in the top 10 individually. Willett finished 3rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10th with a time of 16:51.60.
Other Rabbits competing were Hayden Cox with a time of 18:56.30, Hayden Sutton in 19:41.60, Taven Melton in 19:59.20. Coleman Holloway in 20:26.80and Jaxon Castro in 20:56.10.
The top 10 individuals and top four teams from each region qualify for State.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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