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Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits made the long drive to Breckenridge worth it on Tuesday as they beat the Lady Buckaroos.
The Lady Rabbits took care of business in straight sets though Breckenridge made them work for it in the second set.
Bowie won the first and third sets 25-17, but had to go to extra points in order to win the second set 27-25.
Caylin Johns led the team with 10 kills while Maddie Mandela had a team high 13 assists. Neely Price was second in both with six kills and 11 assists. Halle Duvall had a game high five service aces.
Defensively Taygon Jones led the team with 30 digs while Gracie Duke had two blocks.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won a crucial district match against Perrin-Whitt at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Pirates, dominating with set scores 25-18, 25-14 and 25-15.
Kayden Skidmore and Taylor Patrick each had a team high seven kills. Skidmore also led the team with six assists and four service aces as well.
Coach Kelly Skidmore knew it was an important win for her young team as far as the district standings.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough one against 2A Windthorst at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Trojans won in straight sets with scores being 25-18, 25-18 and 25-13.
Emily Carpenter led the team with seven kills and 22 digs. Veronica Gutierrez had 13 assists while Brianna Harris had two blocks. Carmen Gomez added five kills on offense.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a gutsy match to 2A Petrolia at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Pirates won, but the Lady Bears made them go to four sets and earn it at the end.
Gold-Burg fell behind losing the first two sets by the scores 25-21 and 25-14. The Lady Bears then won the third set 25-21. Gold-Burg then competed well throughout the fourth set, but Petrolia found a way to pull ahead at the end, winning 25-21 to win the match.
Forestburg
The Forstburg Lady Horns lost in straight sets at home against Graford on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits won the first two sets by comfortable margins 25-16 and 25-10, but the Lady Horns made them work for it in the third set.
It went into extra points, but unfortunately Forestburg came up short losing 27-25 to end the match.
Rachel Allen led the team with four aces and six digs. Bailey Payne had a team high three assists while Reagan Ladewig had one block. Faith Moore, Rebeca Sanchez and Allen each had two kills to lead the team.
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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