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Lady Rabbits win at Nocona
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won in Nocona on Tuesday night to sweep the season series between the rivals this year.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets against the Lady Indians, though the atmosphere surrounding the game and the competitive nature of all three sets made it anything but a walk in the park.
Coming into the game, Bowie had the momentum. Since losing a disappointing game at home against Henrietta, the Lady Rabbits swept through Jacksboro and City View on the road heading into the matchup.
Nocona was trying to get back on track. The Lady Indians came in with back-to-back losses, one an upset at Breckenridge and one against the district’s top team Holliday.
Bowie won the first match between the teams back on Sept. 24, but most sets were close and it went to four sets.
The first set started with the Lady Rabbits taking control early. A 10-5 lead grew to 14-6 and it looked like it was going to be comfortable sailing heading into the final points still up big 21-14.
Nocona won the next five points to cut the lead down to 21-19 and change the feeling of the set. With the home crowd behind them, the Lady Indians could conceivably steal both the momentum and the set at the end if they could keep the hot serving and solid play going.
Instead Bowie collected itself after a timeout. The Lady Rabbits then played like they had for most of the set, closing it out by winning four of the last five points to win 25-20.
The second set was much more competitive early on. The first 20 points saw the teams tied at 10-10 with neither building more than one or two point leads back and forth.
The Lady Rabbits then established a good lead by winning the next five points to go up 15-10. The Lady Indians did not let Bowie run away with the set though.
Nocona came back to tie the set up at 16-16 and the two teams were tied again at 21-21. The Lady Rabbits found the bit they needed to close out the tight set, winning the next four points to win 25-21 and go up 2-0.
The beginning of the third set was not quite as back and forth as the second one. The Lady Indians did not let Bowie’s lead grow too outrageous, but the Lady Rabbits kept their one or two point lead early on 11-9.
Again Nocona made a midgame play to tie the score at 17-17 after trailing most of the set. Unfortunately for the Lady Indians, Bowie made the late game push to close the set.
The Lady Rabbits won six of the next seven points to build their biggest lead of the set 23-18.
Nocona closed the score back to two points 24-22 to make Bowie sweat, but the Lady Rabbits were able to secure the final point to win the set 25-22 and the match 3-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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