SPORTS
Volleyball Update
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started district play on Saturday with a win at home against City View.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets against the improved Lady Mustangs, with only the first set providing any sort of drama.
Nocona won a tightly contested first set 26-24 before rolling the next two sets 25-15 and 25-17.
Skyler Smith led the team with nine kills while adding 12 assists. Karlee Brown was second with seven kills while adding two blocks.
Megyn Meekins led the team with 15 assists while adding four kills. Taylor Newman added six kills from the outside hitter position.
Defensively, Laney Yates led with 16 digs.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough match at Bryson on Saturday morning in the biggest game of the year so far.
The Cowgirls won in straight sets 25-17, 26-24 and 25-17 against a Lady Bulldogs team that is still missing a starter.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 13 kills, 23 digs and two blocks. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 23 assists while Karagan Ritchie added seven kills.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter thought her team had some chances, but did not play well enough to win.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough game in a hostile environment at Electra on Saturday.
The Lady Tigers won in four sets against the Lady Bears who struggled dealing with obnoxious fans.
After losing the first two sets 25-18 and 25-15, Gold-Burg won a back-and-forth third set 28-26. With the momentum changed, the fourth set was close, but Electra was able to close out the match in the end, winning 25-21.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost their opening district game at Alvord on Friday.
The bigger 2A Lady Bulldogs were also the more experienced as they beat Saint Jo in straight sets 25-10, 25-13 and 25-15.
Taylor Patrick led the team with five assists while Kayden Skidmore had four kills. Elaina led the team with four digs.
Coach Kelly Skidmore thought her team showed some good mental toughness in the match despite the loss.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns competed well in their first district match against Chico on Friday.
The Lady Dragons won in straight sets, but the Lady Horns made them work in two of the three sets. Chico won by the set scores 25-21, 25-11 and 25-22.
Reagan Ladewig led the team with five aces and two blocks. Faith Moore had a team high five kills and 17 digs.
Coach Cori Hayes was proud how his team competed against a 2A 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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