SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won at Olney on Saturday morning in a tough four-set match.
The Lady Bears recovered from a tight first set to win the next three. The scores were 25-27, 25-10, 25-20 and 25-21.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her team did a good job to recover from a lackluster start.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough one at 2A Archer City on Friday.
The Lady Cats won in straight sets against the Lady Bulldogs with set scores being 25-18, 25-12 and 25-18.
Emily Carpenter led the team with eight kills and 12 digs. Veronica Gutierrez had a team high 11 assists and three aces. Carmen Gomez added four kills.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter thought it was a good showing for her team that is trying to get all the way healthy again after weeks of dealing with it.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a competitive one at home to 2A Poolville on Friday.
The Lady Monarchs won in straight sets, but the Lady Panthers hung in there to make them earn it with set scores 25-23, 25-18 and 25-17.
Kayden Skidmore led the team with six kills, five assists and two aces.
Taylor Patrick also had five assists while Elaina Everson had two aces as well.
Coach Kelly Skidmore was proud of how her young team competed against the bigger school.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns hung in there playing at 2A Lindsay on Friday.
The Lady Knights won in straight sets against the Lady Horns with set scores being 25-15, 25-12 and 25-10.
Kendal Cross led the team with four kills, Reagan Ladewig got one block and Rebeca Sanchez had two aces and 11 digs.
Bailey Payne, Faith Moore along with Cross and Ladewig each had three assists to lead the team.
Coach Cori Hayes thought his team held up well against a bigger school team.
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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