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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.
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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