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Bowie volleyball drops match to Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost a tough match on Tuesday night at home against Holliday.
The Lady Eagles won in straight sets against the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie was coming off a disappointing five-set loss to City View on the road. Holliday provided a bigger challenge, with the program winning every matchup since 2020 between the two teams.
It was a tough start for the Lady Rabbits on Tuesday night.
The Lady Eagles quick setting offense had them up 10-5 and Bowie struggled to close the distance. Holliday would win the set 25-14 to take the early lead.
The second set start also was not good. The Lady Eagles went up 5-0 before later extending it to 14-6 and 20-10.
The Lady Rabbits did do a better job of fighting back at the end of the set. Bowie outscored Holliday 7-5 to close it as the Lady Eagles won 25-17 to go up 2-0.
The third set saw the Lady Rabbits compete the best they had all match. Holliday looked like it was starting to pull away up 12-8, but Bowie fought back.
The Lady Rabbits went on a 9-1 run to take their biggest lead of the match up 17-13. Unfortunately, that would be the highlight of the match.
The Lady Eagles grabbed control and went on their own run that lasted until the end of the set and match. Holliday won set three 25-18 to end the night.
Ziba Robbins led the team with six kills while Gracie Duke was second with five. Olivia Gill and Duke both had a team high three blocks each.
Allie Parr led the team with 12 digs while Callie Curry had 10.
Emily Cueva had a team high 14 assists and Kinley Russell was second with nine.
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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