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Bowie volleyball holds on against City View
The Bowie Lady Rabbits picked up their second straight district win at home on Tuesday night against City View.
The Lady Rabbits won 3-1, having to battle hard in the final two sets after taking a lead halfway through the match.
Bowie was coming off its first win in several games with its straight sets win against Jacksboro. The team wanted to try and keep it going against a program it is used to beating in volleyball.
The Lady Mustangs came in with a 1-2 district record, with a win against Vernon but losses against Holliday and Iowa Park. The team had a lot of height and length all over the court as well.
The first set was pretty competitive throughout. Bowie did not trail throughout, but only a four point lead when it led 17-13 was the biggest the Lady Rabbits had throughout the set until the end.
Leading 21-19, Bowie won four of the last five points to close out the set strong with a win 25-20 to take a 1-0 lead.
The second set was a runaway train. The Lady Rabbits went from trailing 8-7 to leading 12-8, 15-10 and 19-11. Bowie won by double-digits 25-14 to take a 2-0 lead and commanding confidence towards ending the match.
The second set proved to be a little too easy for the Lady Rabbits as the team took too long to find their footing in set three. Also, City View had everything working.
Borderline looking shots near out of bounds continuously were just inside the line. Every hustle point was saved and eventually scored for the Lady Mustangs.
Bowie found itself in the biggest deficit of the match down 16-6 as Coach Ashley Sanders had to call two timeouts before the Lady Rabbits snapped out of it.
Bowie won six of the next eight points to make the lead a bit manageable initially down 18-12. Eventually, the Lady Rabbits clawed it to within three points down 21-18.
Unfortunately, Bowie could not complete the comeback. City View closed the set strong, winning four of the next five points to win set three 25-19 and keep the match alive.
The Lady Rabbits needed to not have any flat moments in set four or the momentum from a City View team with some hope might be too much to overcome.
The fourth set proved to be the most competitive of the match from start to the compelling finish.
Bowie initially got up 9-6 early in the set, but the Lady Mustangs rallied to take their first lead of the set 13-12.
For the rest of the set it was point-to-point as neither team was able to get more than a one-point lead. Near the end it was City View that had a 23-22 lead and needed to close with its narrow lead providing the opportunity to win the set.
Instead it was the Lady Rabbits who clutched out the end of the set, winning four of the next five points to win the set 26-24 and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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