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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played in their second tournament last weekend at Graham’s Lu Allen tournament.
The Lady Indians went 4-3 overall and ended up finishing third in the silver bracket.
Nocona won the first match of pool play against Snyder dominantly (25-14, 25-14).
Unfortunately, the Lady Indians would lose the next two matches against West Plains (25-19, 26-24) and Holliday (25-18, 25-13). Nocona finished out the day with a win against Christ Academy (25-15, 25-15) to finish pool play 2-2.
This put the team in the silver bracket where the Lady Indians first played Wichita Falls. Nocona won in straight sets (27-25, 25-19) to move on. Unfortunately, the team did not advance to the championship game with a loss to Caprock (25-15, 25-14).
This set up a final match against Klondike with third place on the line. Nocona won the first set 25-20, but lost a close set two 25-22.
This set up a third and final set and the Lady Indians won 25-18 to win the match.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won the consolation title at the Electra tournament last weekend.
The Lady Bulldogs went 3-3 overall in their second tournament of the season.
The tournament did not start well with losses to Quanah (17-25, 25-23, 6-15) and against Chillicothe (25-21, 25-16).
Prairie Valley got its first win against Crowell in a back and forth match, losing the first set 25-16 before coming back to win set two 25-14 and set three 15-8.
The Lady Bulldogs loss to the tournament hosts Electra (25-18, 25-20) sent them down the consolation side of the bracket.
Prairie Valley had a rematch against Chillicothe and showed it was a different day. The Lady Bulldogs avenged their earlier loss with a three set win (25-22, 18-25, 25-14).
This set up another rematch against Crowell in the consolation title game.
Like the first match, it went three set. After losing set one 25-15, Prairie Valley came back to win set two 25-16 to force a set three.
In the most competitive set of the tournament, the Lady Bulldogs came out on top 25-23 to win the match and the consolation title.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough match on the road Friday night at Vernon Northside.
The Lady Indians gave the Lady Bears an early season lesson, winning in straight sets with the scores being 25-17, 25-20 and 25-11.
While it was not all bad for Gold-Burg as Cheryl Cromleigh said she saw some good things to take away from the match, overall it highlighted some of the areas the team still needs to polish up this early in the season.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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