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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won a tough five-set match at Pottsboro on Tuesday, stopping short a furious Cardinals’ comeback that would have been tough to live with.
The Lady Indians are still trying to mesh their experience with their youth and almost gave away a match it looked like they had in the bag.
Nocona won a tight first set 25-21 before easily winning the second set with little trouble 25-10 to go up 2-0. Pottsboro would need to win three straight sets if it wanted to win, a small hope considering how the team had just been walloped in the second set.
Still, the momentum did turn and the Lady Cardinals came to win the next two sets 25-21 and 25-22 to force a fifth and final set.
Not wanting to go home a loser after blowing its lead, the Lady Indians pulled themselves together and washed Pottsboro in the fifth set, winning with little trouble 15-3 to win the match.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough match against 2A Alvord at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs lost in straight sets, though each one came down to the final few points with set scores being 25-21, 25-23 and 25-20.
Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 18 assists and 14 digs. Emily Carpenter led the team with 11 kills while getting 12 digs. Karagan Ritchie added seven other kills while adding 10 digs.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panther lost a tough match against 3A City View at home Tuesday night.
The bigger Lady Mustangs won in straight sets with set scores being 25-15, 25-20 and 25-9.
Aubrey Morman led the team with four kills and five digs. Kayden Skidmore had a team high four aces and five assists while Krista Reeves also had five digs in the back row.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a five-set match against Wichita Christian on Monday night.
The Lady Stars pulled out the win in the final set, but the Lady Bears made them work for it.
Gold-Burg was short three of its players and had move up some JV athletes to play. The Lady Bears won the first set 25-17, but just came up short in the second set losing 26-24.
The third set proved just as close as Wichita Christian again won by the narrowest margin 25-23 to take the lead. The Lady Bears came back to win decisively in the fourth set 25-20 to force a fifth and final set.
Unfortunately, it did not go Gold-Burg’s way as the Lady Stars won the set 15-9 to win the match.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns won in straight sets at home Tuesday night against Savoy.
The Lady Horns won dominantly in every set with scores being 25-6, 25-15 and 25-5.
The majority of Forestburg’s points came from serving as the team had 34 aces. Reagan Ladewig led the team with 13 in the match.
Faith Moore led the team with six kills and six assists. On defense Rachel Allen and Bailey Payne each had a team high five digs.
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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