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Volleyball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their first home game on Tuesday with a win against Archer City.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets against the Lady Cats.
Nocona came into the match after an up and down first week for the young team after playing in Henrietta and at a tournament in Burkburnett.
The first set saw the Lady Indians come out a bit slow and have too many hitting errors for Coach Kara Lucherk’s taste, but Nocona closed things out strong winning 25-19.
The team carried that momentum into the second set and never let Archer City have a chance. Nocona easily won set two with the score 25-10 to go up 2-0.
Some teams let up after going up two sets which can allow opposing teams to steal set three before putting things away in set four.
The third set was the most competitive final score of the match as Archer City fought to extend the match. In the end, the Lady Indians won the set 25-20 to win the match 3-0.
Skyler Smith led the team with 12 kills while Megyn Meekins had 14 assists. Aubree Kleinhans had a team high three service aces.
On defense, Olivia Six got one block and Graci Brown had eight digs to lead Nocona.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won in straight sets at Valley View on Tuesday night.
The young team coming off a good first tournament at Chico handed it to the Lady Eagles.
Sets one and two were not close with Saint Jo winning 25-9 and 25-17. A third set let down from the Lady Panthers allowed it be competitive and Saint Jo barely escaped with a 25-23 victory.
Aubrey Morman led the team with six kills and two blocks. Kayden Skidmore had a team high seven service aces along with seven assists. Maxey Johnson was right behind her with six assists.
Coach Kelly Skidmore was proud her team did well playing against a 3A team, but some of the youth of the mostly underclassmen team showed itself at times.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough five-set match to Graford at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bears almost completed a comeback down two sets, but unfortunately ran out of steam in the fifth set as the Lady Rabbits won 3-2.
Gold-Burg came into the match with some good early season confidence, having just won the silver bracket championship at the Bryson tournament.
Unfortunately, Graford took a number to that confidence, winning the first two sets in authoritative fashion 25-17 and 25-22 to go up 2-0.
The Lady Bears decided they were not going to go down without swinging and came out ready to dominate. Gold-Burg took control and did not let go in set three, winning 25-18.
That momentum fed into the start of set four and the Lady Rabbits never had a chance. The Lady Bears won easily 25-13 to set up a winner-take-all fifth set to 15.
With fewer points to work with overall, any lead feels that much more impactful during the fifth set as the pressure also gets to teams.
Even with all of the momentum riding the last two sets, a bad start signaled the end for Gold-Burg. The Lady Bears fell behind and never got on track. Graford won the set 15-6 to escape the match with the win.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

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