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Jackrabbits blow out Boyd 75-27
The Bowie Jackrabbits earned their first win of the season in style in their home opener against Boyd.
The Jackrabbits won 75-27 in a game they dominated from the start against the Yellow Jackets.
Bowie came into the game following a disappointing shooting performance in its first game of the season at Ponder. The team knew it could shoot and play better, and looked to prove it from the opening jump in front of the home fans.
It took less than two minutes before the Jackrabbits built a double-digit lead 10-0. Bowie was employing a press defense that pushed the tempo early and led to transition opportunities for the Jackrabbits. Also, Bowie players were knocking in shots from 3-point range.
Midway through the quarter Boyd still had not scored and the lead was 18-0. Two minutes later saw the Yellow Jackets score its first points, but despite the Jackrabbits bench now playing, the scoring pace had not slowed down up 25-3.
At the end of quarter number one Bowie led 30-7 and it was essentially over for anyone wondering which team would win the game. In it, the Jackrabbits made more 3-pointers (six) than they did in their first game of the season.
The Jackrabbits called off the dogs with their press defense the rest of the game. With it, the crazy pace and energy went down, which was unsustainable for Bowie anyway with the lead already in place.
Still, the Jackrabbits played good defense the rest of the way as Boyd never scored more than seven points in any of the four quarters. While the team never did equal the insane 30 points it scored in the first quarter, Bowie did score double-digits in the final three quarters despite the bench playing a larger portion of minutes.
The lead just kept growing as the game went along in what was a good pick-me-up game, where every person on the team got to play and had a positive moment.
The Jackrabbits won 75-27.
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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