SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits started the second round of district play on Saturday with a disappointing outcome against Henrietta.
The Lady Cats won in straight sets, but Bowie had its shots to win each one with scores as close as one could hope.
The Lady Rabbits lost the first two sets 25-22, but it looked like they were in control of an easy win in set three.
Bowie was up 17-9 and were cruising, but Henrietta went on a 9-1 run to change momentum and tie the set at 18-18 real fast.
The two teams tied the scores up at 20-20, 22-22 and 23-23.
Down to the final points, it was the Lady Cats who were not afraid to let it fly winning the last two points to win 25-23.
Saint Jo vs Forestburg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won at Forestburg on Friday in a match both teams were relieved to play a 1A team.
The Lady Panthers won in four sets, but the Lady Horns played them tough, especially the first three sets with scores 25-20, 25-21, 25-27 and 25-14.
From Saint Jo Aliya Vasquez led the team with five service aces, Taylor Patrick had 14 assists and Kayden Skidmore had 11 kills.
From Forestburg Rebeca Sanchez had a team high four service aces and Faith Moore had 25 digs. Bailey Payne and Moore each had seven assists. Shelby Bradley, Kendal Cross and Sanchez each five kills.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears picked up a district win at Harrold on Saturday morning.
The Lady Bears won dominantly in straight sets with scores 25-11, 25-7 and 25-11.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was proud of how her team played and what the win will do for the team’s morale heading into the rest of district play.
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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