SPORTS
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs snagged the final playoff spot on Saturday with their win against Gold-Burg.
The Lady Bulldogs won 3-1 against a Lady Bears’ team hoping to keep their own chance of getting a playoff spot open with a win.
The first set saw Prairie Valley race out to an 8-2 lead, but Gold-Burg quickly rallied to cut the lead to one point 13-12. The Lady Bulldogs then went on another run, upping their lead to 21-14.
The Lady Bears closed the distance some, but Prairie Valley won the set 25-19.
The second set was much more competitive with the teams playing point-to-point for most of the set. With the score tied at 20-20, the Lady Bulldogs made their move, taking a 24-21 lead and had set point.
Gold-Burg fought back to not just tie the score at 24-24, but eventually win the set 26-24, tying the matching up at 1-1.
The Lady Bears were hoping they could carry that momentum into the third set, but Prairie Valley stonewalled them. The Lady Bulldogs got out to a big lead early and never looked back.
Prairie Valley’s biggest lead was 19-6 at one point before Gold-Burg scored some points late in the set to make it respectful 25-14.
The Lady Bears would need to win the final two sets if they wanted to win the match. They needed to shake off the bad taste from the third set and get focused for the fourth set.
The first 30 points saw the teams play competitively as it was point-to-point. Neither team was able to get much more than a one or two point lead here and there with the teams going back and forth.
With the scored tied at 15-15, the Lady Bulldogs saw their opening. Prairie Valley won four of the next five points to go up 19-16.
From there it was all the Lady Bulldogs, closing the match on a 6-2 run to win the set 25-18 and the match 3-1.
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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