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Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers ran away with a one-sided win at Prairie Valley on Friday.
The Lady Panthers won 76-26 against a Lady Bulldog team that just seemed overwhelmed at times.
Saint Jo employed a press defense with trapping that seemed to give Prairie Valley ball handlers fits.
It also created several transition opportunities for the Lady Panthers that led to easy layups.
While the Lady Bulldogs initially did well enough to only fall behind 19-9 after the first quarter, but Saint Jo scored 25 points in both the second and third quarter to pull away before eventually calling off the press.
Prairie Valley did a good job of limiting the Lady Panthers to only three points in the final period, but could not score enough to make up the massive deficit as Saint Jo won 72-26.
Payzlie Cervantes led the team with 30 points while Taylor Patrick was second with 16 points and Kyler Dunn joined them in double-figures with 11 points.
For Prairie Valley, Makaylee Gomez led the team with 13 points while Sara Horton was second with 10 points.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians passed their biggest challenge in district so far with flying colors when they traveled to Seymour on Friday.
The Lady Indians won 50-31 against the Lady Panthers.
Nocona came in still undefeated on the year 25-0 and ranked among the top, and in some polls the top, teams in the state in 2A.
Seymour came into the game following a tough one-point loss to Petrolia as the Lady Panthers are also ranked among the top 25 teams in the state.
Still, Nocona could not afford to take them lightly and didn’t from the jump. While the pace was much slower than what the Lady Indians like to play at, defensively Nocona shut down Seymour in the first half.
The Lady Panthers scored only nine points in the first half and Nocona led 22-9.
The second half saw the Lady Indians able to push the pace like they like it which did allow Seymour to score better as well, but not enough to make up the difference as Nocona’s lead grew more and more.
The Lady Indians won 50-31.
Megyn Meekins led all scorers with 27 points while Skyler Smith added 13 points and led the team with seven rebounds and four assists.
Aubree Kleinhans added six points and Reagan Phipps grabbed six rebounds to help out as well.
Gold-Burg vs Bellevue
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won a big road game at Bellevue on Friday.
The Lady Bears won 38-31 against the Lady Eagles.
The first half was competitive as Bellevue led in the first quarter before Gold-Burg came back to wrestle a small lead 16-15 at halftime.
The Lady Bears were able to take control in the second half despite it being a low-scoring game overall.
Gold-Burg led 25-20 heading into the fourth quarter before both team’s offenses picked up in the final period, but the Lady Bears came out on top 38-31.
For Gold-Burg Shadie Whitaker led the team with 13 points while Madison Fulmer was second with six points on two made 3-pointers.
For the Lady Eagles, Brittany Gill led the team with 11 points while Callie Martin was second with six points.
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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