SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won the consolation title in the gold bracket of the Dublin tournament last weekend.
The Lady Panthers went 5-2 officially during the tournament.
Saint Jo first beat Eastland in pool play 25-19 and 25-13. The match against Hico was tougher as both sets went down to the wire, but the Lady Panthers won both 27-25 and 26-24.
The third match against Eastland saw Saint Jo have a bad first set losing 25-13 before bouncing back to win sets two and three 25-23 and 25-15.
The final match the Lady Panthers agreed to forfeit since they had already won the pool and were three hours from home, giving them their only loss of the day.
In the gold bracket, Saint Jo fell to Hawley in a tough three set match (21-25, 25-12, 23-25). That sent the Lady Panthers to the consolation side of the bracket where they beat Dublin in three sets (23-25, 25-18, 25-16) and won a rematch against Hico (25-22, 23-25, 25-17).
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears finished second at the Wichita Christian tournament last weekend.
The Lady Bears went 5-1 overall, losing only to the tournament hosts.
In pool play Gold-Burg beat the Olney JV (25-7, 25-20) the Hirchi JV (25-3, 25-6) and the Wichita Christian JV ( 25-12, 25-17).
In bracket play on Saturday the Lady Bears started playing some varsity teams, but the results were the same.
Gold-Burg beat Hirchi (25-23, 25-17) and beat Olney (25-16, 25-21) to reach the championship game against the tournament host.
Unfortunately, the Wichita Christian varsity team was better that day, winning 25-11 and 25-18.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost a tough one at Chillicothe on Saturday morning.
The Lady Dragons won in four sets against the Lady Horns.
Forestburg won the first set in a close one that went to extra points 26-24. Unfortunately, Chillicothe controlled the next three sets, winning 25-17, 25-15 and 25-13.
Logan Ladewig led the team with five aces while Reagan Ladewig and Rachel Allen each had three blocks to lead the team.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough match against former district opponent Harrold on Friday.
The Lady Hornets won in straight sets against the Lady Bulldogs.
The big hitters and strong net play from Harrold proved too much for Prairie Valley’s back row defense.
All three sets saw the Lady Hornets lead grow a little bit as the set went on until they pulled away in the middle part of the set to win comfortably with scores being 25-15, 25-12 and 25-15.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo clinched a playoff spot in their home finale. Nocona and Gold-Burg both suffered regular season losses.
Brief summaries of the games follow:
Tioga 50, Nocona 0
After losing a Nocona High students a few days before the Nov. 5 game, the Indians never fully recovered and wound up on the short end of the stick to the Bulldogs.
Nocona had just 95 yards of offense. Quarterback Brody Langford was 6-11 passing for 21 yards. Logan Gaston had 53 yards on 10 carries. McCrae Crossen had 22 yards on eight carries with Jax Fuller adding 18 yards on four totes.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Looking to get back to the State championship, Nocona’s volleyball team got off to a quick start in its area round matchup with Coleman Nov. 3.
A bit of a letdown in the middle games was rectified in game four, allowing the Lady Indians to post a 3-1 (25-12, 26-24, 22-25,25-13) victory. Nocona Coach Sandy Langford said getting back to its style of game helped.
“We’ve had to overcome a lot this week,” Langford said in reference to the school losing a student in an accident two days prior. “We talked during a timeout about getting back to playing fast which is more our style. Coleman had us playing a slower style of play and they took advantage of it.
The fast style of play benefitted the Lady Indians, who got out to a 4-0 lead in game one courtesy of Paige Davis. Maddyn Bowles added a kill to keep things moving.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
When you’re gunning for a playoff spot, playing error free football is paramount.
Or is it?
In a District 4-3A Division I battle for the fourth and final playoff spot, Bowie had made five turnovers in the first nearly three quarters but still managed to lead 21-17 late in the third quarter. The Jackrabbits received a pep talk from their coaches and did not turn the ball over again while receiving some clutch defense down the stretch in a much closer than it looked 42-17 win over the Boyd Yellowjackets.
With the victory, Bowie clinched its first playoff spot in football since 2017. The Jackrabbits, 1-3 in district and 5-5 overall, will travel to Cisco for a 6 p.m. Nov.13 game vs. defending state champion Wall, who is ranked No. 4.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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