SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Gold-Burg, Forestburg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears hosted their tournament on Saturday and was able to come away with first place.
The Lady Bears beat teams from Wichita Christian, Graford and Forestburg to win the team’s final tournament of the pre-season.
The Lady Bears did not drop a set in all three matches as they played Saturday.
The tournament was named the “Playing for Nelda Memorial Tournament” in memory to Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh’s mom, who passed away in November.
Fellow Montague County team Forestburg was able to pick up a tough three-set win against Wichita Christian at the tournament before losing a three-set battle to Graford.
Lady Horn Coach Cori Hayes liked what his team got out of its final tournament as district play starts this week.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost a tough match at Peaster on Friday night.
The Lady Rabbits lost in four sets, with the last one lost by the narrowest of margins.
The Lady Greyhounds beat Bowie in the bi-district last year in straight sets, but Friday was different.
Peaster won a competitive first set 25-21, but the Lady Rabbits came back in the second set to win 25-22.
The Lady Greyhounds rebounded to win set three 25-21 again, but the fourth set went down to the wire. It went to extra points, but unfortunately Peaster came out to win 27-25 and the match 3-1.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Valley View at home on Friday night in dominant fashion.
The Lady Eagles won in straight sets and controlled from start to finish with set scores 25-9, 25-16 and 25-17.
Taylor Newman led the team with 12 kills. Skyler Smith led the team with 14 assists while adding seven kills. Megyn Meekins was second with 10 assists to go along with six kills.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets at Graford on Friday.
The Lady Bulldogs played better as the match went along as indicated by the set scores 25-23, 25-16 and 25-8.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 11 kills and 12 digs. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 17 assists while Randi Gilleland added five kills.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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