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Lady Bulldogs fall to Valley View
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs fell short on Tuesday night while hosting 3A Valley View.
The bigger Lady Eagles were able to come out on top 3-1 in a match that easily could have gone the other way as almost every set was close throughout.
Prairie Valley came into the game at a disadvantage on the court with Valley View posing much more size at the net, but also off the court. Coach Mark Smith was absent due to a sickness and boy’s coach Seth Stephens had to step in.
Despite those things, the Lady Bulldogs battled in the first set. Neither team was able to build much of a lead throughout, though Prairie Valley seemed to the one in control.
Nearing the end of the set, the Lady Bulldogs built one of their biggest leads of the set up 23-19. Unfortunately, the Lady Eagles came back to not only tie the score up at 23-23, but eventually win in extra points 27-25 to take the 1-0 lead.
The second set saw Prairie Valley playing from behind the whole time. The Lady Bulldogs never got behind by more than four points, but was not in position near the end to try and steal it away unless something drastic happened like it did for Valley View the previous set. It didn’t and the Lady Eagles won 25-21 to go up 2-0.
Instead of hanging their heads and giving up, the Prairie Valley team stayed locked in and played the third set as competitive as the first two. Neither team was able to get much of a lead until the Lady Bulldogs built a three-point, 19-16 lead.
From there, Prairie Valley closed the set strong and won the biggest margin of the match 25-19 to cut the lead to 2-1.
The Lady Bulldogs carried that good momentum into the start of set four. Needing to win the set to force a fifth and final set, it looked on its way as Prairie Valley was up 11-6 early on in the set and riding the good times.
Unfortunately, Valley View came storming back and tied the score at 12-12 to make it another tough competition.
Shortly afterwards the Lady Eagles took control, leading 19-16. From there, Valley View closed out the set. The Lady Bulldogs could not mount any last second comeback as the Lady Eagles won the set 25-21 and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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