SPORTS
Bowie volleyball loses opening district match
The Bowie Lady Rabbits started district on Tuesday at home with a tough match against one of the district’s favorites in Henrietta.
The Lady Cats won in straight sets against the Lady Rabbits on Tuesday, though Bowie showed growth during the match as the results got better each set.
The Lady Rabbits were not coming into the match with high spirits. Bowie lost its last three full matches and still had lineup rotations to nail down.
Henrietta played the Lady Rabbits almost a month earlier at the first tournament of the season at Burkburnett.
It was a battle to see who would finish third overall at the tournament.
The Lady Cats came out on top that day.
A month later and the first set made it seem like nothing was going to be different.
Bowie fell behind early, down 13-7 after 20 points and 18-12 after 30 points. Henrietta finished on a 7-1 run to win the set 25-13.
The second set seemed like a repeat of the first as the Lady Cats were up 14-6 at one point. The Lady Rabbits closed the distance by going 7-3 to make it 17-13. Unfortunately, Henrietta closed the set strong, winning eight of the next 10 points to win set two 25-15 to go up 2-0.
Bowie could have laid down as it seemed nothing was going its way. The Lady Rabbits initially were down 4-1 super early, but instead came back and competed for the rest of the set.
At one point, Bowie led 13-12 but Henrietta came back to take a three-point lead 19-16. The Lady Rabbits kept it close until the end, but could not get the lead back as the Lady Cats closed the set out, winning 25-23 and the match 3-0.
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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