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Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits dominated at Jacksboro on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits took out the Lady Tigers in straight sets with little trouble.
Each set was won by double-digits with set scores 25-13, 25-13 and 25-10.
Lefties Olivia Gill and Neely Price each led the team with eight kills. Price also had a team high 15 assists. Maddie Mandela was second with 13 assists.
Libero Taygon Jones led the team with 27 digs. Mandela and Jones also each had three service aces to lead the team.
Coming off a disappointing loss to Henrietta, Coach Breanna Jones was proud of how her team bounced back to play well on Tuesday.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians long trip to Breckenridge did not go well on Tuesday.
The Lady Bucks not only pulled the upset, but won in straight sets against the Lady Indians.
The first two sets could have gone either way, but Breckenridge came out on top in both winning 25-23 and 25-22.
In the third set the Lady Bucks put Nocona away winning 25-16 to win the match.
Megyn Meekins led the team with seven kills and 11 assists. Skyler Smith also had seven kills while adding 10 assists. Karlee Brown had four blocks while libero Makenna Nobile had 16 digs to lead the team.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won at Harrold on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs took care of business mostly serving the ball as they beat the Lady Hornets in straight sets.
Prairie Valley never let Harrold score in the double-digits in any set with scores 25-5, 25-7 and 25-4.
Emily Carpenter led the team with six kills while Brianna Harris was second with four kills.
Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 12 assists and six service aces. Sara Horton added four service aces.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost at Bryson on Tuesday night.
The Cowgirls won in straight sets against the Lady Bears though Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her team played better than the set the scores (25-13, 25-15, 25-8) indicated.
“The girls fought hard, but just couldn’t get it done,” Cromleigh said. “Bryson has a lot of depth and attacks from front-row and back-row equally well. Tough team that leads the district. I’m always proud of my girls and their fight.”
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns played one of their best matches of the year against 2A Poolville at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Monarchs won in straight sets, but the Lady Horns made them earn it and kept it competitive the majority of the time with set scores 25-18, 25-16 and 25-21.
Faith Moore led the team with five kills and one block. Rebeca Sanchez had a team high six assists and Rachel Allen had 12 digs.
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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