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Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a disappointing senior night on Friday, going to five sets with Breckenridge only to come up just short.
The Lady Bucks won in straight sets by the smallest of margins to upset the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie came into the game confident. In the first round of district play, the Lady Rabbits had not only won in Breckenridge, but won in straight sets with only one of them being close.
The Lady Bucks have been different recently though. After losing to both City View and Nocona in the first round of district play, Breckenridge beat both of those teams in convincing fashion before losing to eventual district champ Holliday before Friday’s game.
The first set Bowie got a taste of this tougher Lady Bucks team. Breckenridge led from the start and built up a 13-7 lead at one point. The Lady Rabbits closed in and cut the lead to 19-16 at one point trying to come back. They fell short as the Lady Bucks won the opening set 25-20.
The second set was competitive for the first 15 points as it was point-to-point. Bowie then opened up, growing its 8-7 lead to 12-8.
From there it was easy sailing as Breckenridge never got into the set. The Lady Rabbits lead continued to grow and grow as Bowie won 25-16 to tie the match back up.
The third set saw the opening 20 points played pretty close, though the Lady Bucks were in control of the lead. They led 11-9 before blowing the set open, going on an 8-2 run to increase their lead to 19-11.
The Lady Rabbits tried to come back through good serving, winning seven of the next 10 points to cut the lead to 22-18. Unfortunately, Breckenridge was able to close out the set from there, winning 25-20 to take back the lead.
The fourth set was point-to-point for the first 30 points as Bowie held a narrow 16-14 lead. The Lady Rabbits then got some room for comfort with the lead going to 20-15. From there Bowie was able to close out the set despite the Lady Bucks making a late push, winning 25-22 to force a fifth set.
Neither team could get away from the other in the final set. It was point-to-point until the very end when Breckenridge somehow won 15-13 to pull the upset.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at Henrietta on Friday.
The Lady Cats won in straight sets against the Lady Indians, with set scores being 25-21, 25-12 and 25-15.
Karlee Brown led the team with five kills and two blocks. Skyler Smith had a team high 12 assists. Libero Makenna Nobile led the team with 12 digs and two service aces.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost a tough one against Graford on Friday in their final home game of the season.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets against a Lady Horn team that was less than full strength. The set scores were 25-16, 25-11 and 25-13.
Rebeca Sanchez led the team with a season high 28 digs. Kendal Cross had a team high two kills and Justynne Roller had two assists. Rachel Allen and Roller each had two service aces to lead the team.
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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