SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won easily against Chico on Tuesday in their final non-district match.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Dragons.
After the winning the first set easily 25-13, set two proved to be the most competitive of the match.
After 40 points, Saint Jo was only up 21-19 heading into the home stretch. The Lady Panthers closed out the set strong 4-2 to win 25-21 to go up 2-0.
The third set was close for the first 15 points, but Saint Jo slowly pulled away and won comfortably 25-18 to win the match.
Payzlie Cervantes and Aubrey Morman each led the team with five kills. Morman also had a team high five blocks.
Kayden Skidmore had a team high 10 assists and four service aces to go with four kills. Libero Taylor Patrick led the team with 17 digs.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won big at Tioga on Tuesday in their final game before district play starts.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets against the Lady Bulldogs, though most sets were competitive.
The first set was the most decisive as Nocona won with little drama 25-17. Set’s two and three went into the final points which required the Lady Indians to close when the pressure was at its highest. Nocona won set two 25-22 and set three 25-21 to win the match 3-0.
Megyn Meekins led the team led the team with 14 kills. Skyler Smith was second with 13 kills while having a team high 18 assists.
Graci Brown and Aubree Kleinhans each had two service aces. Libero Kaygan Stone had eight digs while Ava Johnson had one block on the defensive end.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost to Tioga on Tuesday.
The Lady Horns lost two sets against the Lady Bulldogs by the set scores 25-16 and 25-22.
Madi Deason led Forestburg with four kills while Logan Ladewig had five service aces.
Coach Kayla Firth knows her team has put in the work to get ready for district play starting up against fellow Montague County schools Saint Jo, Prairie Valley and Gold-Burg.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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