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Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won an important game at Gold-Burg on Saturday.
Despite some starters dealing with injuries the Lady Bulldogs were able to win in straight sets against the Lady Bears.
Gold-Burg has zeroed in on Prairie Valley with the hopes to beat them and get a chance at a district title the last several years with the Lady Bulldogs having a hand in the last three years of district titles.
The Lady Bears were without a middle-blocker and down to seven players while Prairie Valley was just getting back its middle blocker Brianna Harris from injury while all-state outside hitter Emily Carpenter was laboring through a back injury.
The first set was going Gold-Burg’s way up 17-13, but the Lady Bulldogs came back to steal the set 25-22.
Prairie Valley then got out to a lead in the second set 15-5 and the Lady Bears could never recover. Gold-Burg did make a late run to build some momentum, but the Lady Bulldogs won 25-17 to take a 2-0.
The third set saw Prairie Valley build a narrow lead, but the Lady Bears did not allow it to get out of hand. The Lady Bulldogs led 21-19 down the stretch and then was able to close out the set and match strong 25-20.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won their first district game on Saturday at home against Jacksboro.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets against the Lady Tigers with the set scores 25-12, 25-22 and 25-14.
Cailyn Johns led the team with 10 kills. Neely Price was second with nine kills while leading the team with 18 assists and one block.
Taygon Jones led the team with 16 digs while she and Maddie Mandela each had three service aces.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Breckenridge on Friday to close out homecoming week for them.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets with little trouble against the Lady Bucks. Nocona won with set scores 25-16, 25-11 and 25-19.
Skyler Smith led the team with seven kills to go with 11 assists. Megyn Meekins had a team high 15 assists to go with six kills and three aces.
Makenna Nobile had a team high 11 digs. Laney Yates and Kaygan Stone also each had three service aces.
The team’s next three game stretch is the toughest playing Holliday, Bowie and Henrietta all in a row. The Lady Indians
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost to Chico on Friday.
The Lady Dragons won in straight sets against the Lady Panthers, with set scores being 25-16, 25-18 and 25-12.
Aubrey Morman led the team with seven kills and three aces. Kayden Skidmore led the team with nine assists while Elaina Everson had seven digs.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost at Poolville on Friday.
The Lady Monarchs won in straight sets against the Lady Horns with set scores being 25-12, 25-12 and 25-15.
Rachel Allen, Kendall Cross each had two aces to lead the team. Bailey Payne, Faith Moore, Reagan Ladewig and Allen each had two kills.
Payne led the team with three assists while Moore had 12 digs.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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