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Lady Rabbits season ends to Brock
The Bowie Lady Rabbits season came to an end on Tuesday night in their bi-district playoff game against Brock.
The Lady Eagles won in four sets, but a close fourth set that just didn’t go the Lady Rabbits made the sudden end to the season a sad one.
Bowie came into the game as the underdog, finishing third in the district standings and coming off losses to Breckenridge and Holliday. Brock’s only district losses came against district champion Peaster in the last month of the season.
The opening set of the match did not start the Lady Rabbits way. The Lady Eagles quickly got out to a 10-5 lead. For most of the set Brock was able to keep that margin, except when Bowie cut the lead down to two points 21-19.
Unfortunately, from there the Lady Eagles closed out the set, winning 25-20 to take the lead 1-0.
The second set was much different. The opening points were competitive, but slowly the Lady Rabbits started to pull away.
Bowie won five straight five-point exchanges 3-2, growing its lead to 15-10. From there the Lady Rabbits opened up the lead to 19-11 before closing out the set with little drama, winning 25-16 and tying the score at 1-1.
Unfortunately, Brock came out in the third set with some fury. Bowie fell behind early 10-5 and it only got worse before it got better. The Lady Eagles biggest lead at one point was 17-8.
Bowie did play better the rest of the set to make the final score more reasonable, but there was no miracle comeback to be had. Brock won the set 25-18 to take a 2-1 lead.
The Lady Rabbits would need to win the final two sets. From the two lost sets they suffered in the match already, they knew they could not get off to a rough start.
The opening 20 points were competitive as the teams were tied at 10-10. Down by one point 13-12, Bowie then opened up the biggest lead of the set, going on an 8-2 run to lead 20-15.
The Lady Rabbits still seemed like they were in control up 22-18, needing to win only three points to force a winner-take-all fifth set.
Unfortunately, Brock got on a run, scoring the next three points to cut the lead to 22-21 and forcing Bowie to call a timeout.
Eventually the teams were tied up at 23-23 before the Lady Eagles won the next point to take the lead and have their first match point. After another timeout from the Lady Rabbits, Bowie won the next point to tie the score at 24-24.
Teams have to win a set by two points, so it went past the 25 points teams usually need to secure the set.
Brock won the next point, but the Lady Rabbits won the next to tie the score at 25-25. The Lady Eagles then again won the next point to set up their third match point.
This time though, Bowie could not come up with the point.
A good hit ball into the back row against a scrambling defense went right between two Lady Rabbit players, who both dived into each other in their efforts to keep the ball in play.
Brock won the set 27-25 and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Lady Rabbits start basketball season
The Bowie Lady Rabbits basketball team started off their season this past week by going 1-1.
The Lady Rabbits won against Dallas Carter 32-14 on the road before losing to Paradise at home 41-24.
Against Dallas Carter to start the season last weekend, Bowie used aggressive defense to limit the Cowgirls to five points or less in every quarter.
The Lady Rabbits struggled to score as well, but were able to convert on several more chances per quarter to keep their lead throughout the game.
Bowie led 12-6 at halftime, but was able to get more on track offensively in the second half to pull away while never giving an inch on defense.
The Lady Rabbits beat the Cowgirls 32-14.
Parker Riddle led the team with eight points while Hanna Bell was right behind her with seven. New varsity players Payton Holt and Laney Enlow added five points.
Unfortunately a few days later Bowie’s home opener against Paradise did not go its way.
The Lady Rabbits struggled to score all game and had trouble slowing down the Lady Cats two leading scorers who combined for 35 of their team’s 41 points.
New varsity player Sadie Weaver led Bowie with seven points while Bell was second with six points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Nocona volleyball easily wins playoff game
The Nocona Lady Indians took care of business to easily beat Seymour on Tuesday night in their bi-district playoff match.
The Lady Indians easily won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Panthers in a match that went quick.
Nocona came into the match on a high having overcome Windthorst on its second try to get a share of the district title. Besides those matches against the Lady Trojans, the Lady Indians were breezing through opponents during district play.
Nocona expected to do the same on Tuesday night against a Seymour team that did just enough to make the playoffs in its district.
The Lady Indians won with the set scores being 25-16, 25-11 and 25-11.
Ava Johnson led the team with 18 kills while Jolie Rose was second with six. Meg Meekins had a team high 18 assists while Leah Meekins and Kasi Castro each had 10.
Meg Meekins also led the team with three service aces while Kaygan Stone had two and Castro also had two.
On defense Sy Parker had a team high three blocks while Raylea Bowles had one. Aubree Kleinhans led the team with 10 digs while Johnson was second with nine.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Saint Jo wins area round match
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers got themselves a little challenge playing in their area round playoff match on Thursday against Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Panthers won 3-1 against the Lady Pirates as they started the match on not the best note.
Saint Jo came into the match hoping it could recapture its form during its bi-district schedule. The Lady Panthers breezed through district play, never losing a set and rarely were challenged by anyone but their own high expectations.
Saint Jo had gotten a little on track playing a warm-up match against state-ranked Benjamin earlier in the week and winning 3-1. Still, Perrin-Whitt came in and seemed to surprise the Lady Panthers.
It was rematch since the teams opened the season against the other way back on Aug. 12. That match was a one-sided straight sets win from Saint Jo and the team was used to it being that way against the Lady Pirates.
Since then Perrin-Whitt won 22 matches and only lost to state-ranked Garner in its district. This time around four months later, things were different.
The first set was competitive until the Lady Panthers opened up a 14-11 lead. Instead of taking control, it was the Lady Pirates that came back and went on an 8-2 run. Perrin-Whitt led 19-16.
Even with Saint Jo closing the gap to two points 21-19 heading into the end of the set, it was the Lady Pirates that made the plays and feasted on uncharacteristic Lady Panther mistakes. Perrin-Whitt won 25-22 to take set one and the early lead.
While it was a close set, it was not Saint Jo’s best as more than once communication errors that are long ironed out at this point of the season resulted in points as well as hitting errors around the net.
The loss seemed to serve as a wakeup call for the Lady Panthers heading into set two.
Saint Jo took control of the set early thanks to some aggressive serving, good defensive net play and solid ball control. The Lady Panthers went on an 8-2 run to lead 14-6 and led by double-digits at one point 20-10.
Perrin-Whitt played better down the stretch to make the final score respectable, but Saint Jo won with little drama 25-17 to tie the match at 1-1.
That confidence from how it had won set two led into the set three for Saint Jo. The Lady Panthers were up 5-0 early.
The Lady Pirates cut the lead to as close to three points down 9-6, but from there it was all Saint Jo.
The Lady Panthers at one point opened up a double-digit lead 23-12 before eventually winning the set 25-17 again to take the lead in the match 2-1.
Any of the confidence or fire Perrin-Whitt had at the start of the match seemed to be gone heading into set four and Saint Jo was not letting up.
From the start again, the Lady Panthers took a quick 5-0 lead and never looked back.
It was a quick procession to the end of the match as Saint Jo’s lead grey to 17-8 to 21-9 to eventually 25-12.
The Lady Panthers won the match 3-1 to move on to the regional quarterfinals.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the match click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870377&T=1
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