SPORTS
Lady Rabbits lose at Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits gave the eventual district champ Holliday its last good shot Friday on the road.
The state-ranked Lady Eagles still won comfortably 68-36, but the Lady Rabbits gave them a much better fight than they did the first time the teams played back.
Back in mid December, the start of district play saw Bowie overwhelmed by the size and skill of Holliday as the team lost 71-15 in a game that was as one-sided as the score.
Since then the Lady Rabbits reeled off seven straight wins, including five in district to finish in second place after the first round of play.
Even though the Lady Eagles also beat the rest of the district just as easily and has state title dreams, Bowie should have given them a better game the first time and this was going to be its last shot.
What made the matchup especially tough for Bowie is Holliday’s overwhelming size. Almost all of the Lady Eagles starting five are 5’10” or taller, while the Lady Rabbits have only one player topping out at that height in Ziba Robbins who plays more on the perimeter.
The lack of height has been one of the tough things for Bowie the last three seasons when it has finished behind Holliday in district. What put the Lady Eagles over the top this year was adding Jalynn Bristow, who is listed at 6’2” and is committed to Iowa State University to play basketball.
Playing a game against such an athlete who knows how to use every inch of her physical advantage is an adjustment Bowie never seemed to get over in the first game as the team never got anything going offensively or could slow Holliday down.
This time, the Lady Rabbits were determined to try and compete with them better. Bowie tried to play at a deliberately slow pace, holding the ball against the Lady Eagles zone since they wanted to get up and down the floor by forcing turnovers with their length.
Bowie lost 68-36.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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