SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a close five-set match at Electra on Tuesday.
The Lady Tigers pulled out the win in the final set as the five-set match went back and forth throughout the night.
The first set was competitive until the very end of the set. In the end Electra came out on top, winning by the smallest margin 25-23.
The Lady Bulldogs did not let that close loss feed into the following set. Prairie Valley won its most convincing set of the night 25-19 to tie the match at 1-1.
Unfortunately, it was followed up by the worst stretch for the Lady Bulldogs all night.
Prairie Valley never was in the third set as the Lady Tigers ran away with it 25-10 to take a 2-1 lead.
The fourth set was another close, point-to-point set that came down to the wire like the first set. This time it was the Lady Bulldogs who came on top by the slimmest of margins, winning 25-23 to force a fifth and final set.
Again it came down to the smallest of margin since teams have to win by two points. Unfortunately, it was Electra who won 15-13 to win the set and match 3-2.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 12 kills, 32 digs and two blocks. Brianna Harris was right behind her with 11 kills while Karagan Ritchie added four. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 31 assists while Maddy Yeargin had 16 digs in the back row.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a tough match at 2A Poolville on Tuesday.
The Lady Monarchs won in straight sets with little trouble against the young Lady Panthers. The set scores were 25-9, 25-13 and 25-6.
To make matters harder, Saint Jo had no substitutes that night. The Lady Panthers had to completely change the way they runs their offense as well as change its lineup around.
Aubrey Morman led the team with two kills and Kayden Skidmore had three assists.
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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