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Volleyball Roundup
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns came up short in a competitive district home game against Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Horns won the first set, but the Lady Pirates would go on to win the next three to win the match.
Forestburg was hoping to get its first district win at home. After playing a slate of bigger 2A teams, the Lady Horns was hoping they would have a better chance playing the similar sized team from Perrin-Whitt.
Forestburg started the match on fire. Rebeca Sanchez served the ball 10 straight times and built the Lady Horns lead to 13-2 as the Lady Horns were playing well keeping pressure on the Lady Pirates defense.
Perrin-Whitt did get back into the set and cut the lead to 17-13. That is as close as the Lady Pirates got as Forestburg was able to regain momentum enough to close out the set, winning 25-15 to take the lead.
The great play and strong serving did not carry over to the next two sets. The Lady Horns got down early and could never recover in either set. Perrin-Whitt won both by the score 25-17 to take a 2-1 lead heading into the fourth set.
It was the most competitive set of the night. Neither team could build more than a three point lead during the majority of the set.
Near the end some calls did not go Forestburg’s way and the team could not recover. The Lady Pirates won the set 25-20 to win the match 3-1.
Sanchez led the team getting 10 of the team’s 20 aces. Faith Moore led the team with six kills and eight assists. Bailey Payne had a team high 22 digs.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won their second straight district game on Tuesday night playing at City View.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets against the Lady Mustangs and were in control for all three.
Bowie won with the set scores 25-16, 25-16 and 25-19.
Neely Price led the team with 11 kills and three aces while adding nine assist.
Maddie Mandela led the team with 11 assists while BJ Mills was second with eight kills.
On defense Gracie Duke and Price each had two blocks to lead the team.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians did not have a good trip to Holliday on Tuesday night.
The state-ranked Lady Eagles won in straight sets as the Lady Indians had trouble competing in any of them with set scores of 25-7, 25-13 and 25-6.
Kelsee Harrington led the team with four kills while Megyn Meekins was second with three.
Skyler Smith led the team with seven assists and Makenna Nobile had a team high 10 digs.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won a non-district match at Graford on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets though the Lady Rabbits made them work in the first two sets. Saint Jo came back from defecits to win the first two sets 25-21 and 29-27. The third set proved much easier as Saint Jo won 25-12.
Kayden Skidmore led the team with nine kills and two aces.
Taylor Patrick had team high eight assists while Elaina Everson had five digs.
Prairie Valley
Prairie Valley won its break from district play against 4A Hirschi at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against the bigger Lady Huskies despite continuing to deal with injury issues.
Prairie Valley was in control of each set as it won 25-18, 25-11 and 25-7.
Brianna Harris led the team with nine kills and three blocks.
Karagan Ritchie was right behind her collecting eight kills and two blocks.
Veronica Gutierrez had a team high 22 assists and six aces.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough one on Tuesday against 2A Windthorst at home.
The Lady Trojans won in straight sets as the Lady Bears struggled to match them. The set scores were 25-10, 25-18 and 25-10.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her team did well competing against a formidable team from a bigger school.
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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