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’ 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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