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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians picked up their biggest win of the first month of the season on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians beat defending state champion Windthorst at home, wining in five sets 3-2 in a back and forth match.
Nocona came into the match knowing it would be a big early season challenge. Despite graduating several players from last year’s championship team, the Lady Trojans had only one loss so far this season and were already ranked in some polls as the best 2A team in the state.
The Lady Indians played them four times last season and lost all four matches, only winning one set against Windthorst. Also, Nocona had to adjust its lineup the day of the match when key starter, Kaygan Stone, went down with an injury a short time before the game.
The Lady Trojans won the first close set 25-22, but the Lady Indians bounced back winning set two handily 25-18 to tie the score.
Windthorst won set three even more decisively 25-17 to take the lead, but Nocona dug deep and won set four 25-20 to force a fifth and final set.
From there, the Lady Indians were able to carry that momentum into the fifth set, winning 15-10 and the match 3-2.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits showed some heart playing in their first five-set match on the road Tuesday night.
Unfortunately, the Lady Rabbits came up short against Burkburnett 3-2, falling just short of coming back from two sets down.
Bowie was coming off a disappointing run at the tough Glen Rose Tournament and hoping to try and beat the 4A Lady Bulldogs.
Unfortunately, the first two sets did not go the Lady Rabbits way. Burkburnett won the first set decisively 25-19 and then squeaked out the competitive second set 25-23 to go up 2-0.
Bowie was able to battle back, winning set three 25-21 before dominating set four 25-12 to force a fifth and final set.
Despite coming off such a dominating set four win, the fifth set was different. With fewer points to work towards, every lead is magnified.
It was back and forth, with no team getting more than a two-point lead all the way until it was tied at 13-13. Unfortunately, the Lady Bulldogs were able to win the final two points to win the set 15-13 and the match 3-2.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won a back and forth five-set battle against Sacred Heart on Monday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won 3-2 against the Lady Tigers in the team’s first five-set match of the season.
Prairie Valley won the first set 25-21. The team’s then exchanged 25-19 matches as the Lady Bulldogs were up 2-1 heading into the fourth set.
Unfortunately, Sacred Heart won the set decisively 25-14 to force a fifth and final set.
Despite being down in momentum, Prairie Valley refocused and took care of business in the shorter and higher pressure fifth set.
It was competitive, but the Lady Bulldogs put the Lady Tigers away to win 15-11 and the match 3-2.
Missing Scores
Saint Jo did not get its scores in by Friday’s deadline. Gold-Burg had an open date on its schedule.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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