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Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won a tough five-set match at Jacksboro on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits came back to win the final two sets to win 3-2 in a back and forth match.
Coming off a loss to Henrietta to start the second round of district play, Bowie knew it had to bounce back against the Lady Tigers. Playing on the road this time, the Lady Rabbits did not know how much tougher the match would be from the first meeting which they won in straight sets.
The first set saw Bowie take control early, winning the competitive set 25-21 while leading for most of it.
The next two sets were even more competitive as both went past the 25 point mark and into extra-point territory. Unfortunately, the Lady Rabbits could not pull out a win in either set two or three. Jacksboro won with scores 26-24 and 28-26 to take a 2-1 lead.
Bowie needed to come out for set four ready to turn things around or else the team was threatening to fold over if things started bad. The Lady Rabbits instead won the most one-sided set of the match, winning easily 25-15 to force a fifth and final set.
Despite just winning easily and having momentum, Bowie knew set five is a different beast than any of the previous ones in the match. With it being the first to 15 instead of 25, every lead seemed multiplied as no point could be shook off as unimportant.
The Lady Rabbits thankfully were able to pull off the closest set win of the match for them in the final set, winning 15-12 to secure the win 3-2.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their home district opener on Tuesday night with a dominant straight set win against Alvord.
The Lady Indians made quick work of the Lady Bulldogs to move to 2-0 in district after starting district with another straight set win against Poolville last week. Nocona won with set scores 25-10, 25-6 and 25-12.
Bren Fenoglio led the team with three blocks while Ava Johnson was second with two. Aubree Kleinhans had a team high eight digs in the back row.
Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won at Prairie Valley on Tuesday night to start off the second round of district play.
The Lady Panthers won 3-1 against a Lady Bulldogs team that played much better than the first match.
Saint Jo had not dropped a set through the first round of district play, winning with relative ease against the four other teams.
Prairie Valley was more prepared this time and spurred on by their home fans.
The Lady Bulldogs gave the Lady Panthers their first set loss of district early on, winning the first set 26-24 to go up 1-0.
Prairie Valley even had a lead about midway through set two, but Saint Jo woke up and started playing better. Unfortunately for the Lady Bulldogs, once the lead was lost the mistakes started to happen and the Lady Panthers started to pull away.
After Saint Jo won set two 25-19 to tie the match up at 1-1, the Lady Panthers dominated set three 25-6 and Prairie Valley could not recover. Saint Jo won set four 25-14 to win the match 3-1.
Forestburg vs Bellevue
The Forestburg Lady Horns won in straight sets at Bellevue on Monday night.
The Lady Horns won 3-0 against a young Lady Eagle team they were playing for the third time this season.
Forestburg won the first two sets with little difficulty 25-13 and 25-14, but like the first match way back in August, Bellevue made set three interesting.
It went to extra points past 25 as neither team could pull ahead. Finally, the Lady Horns did after the sixth extra point, winning the set 29-27 and the match 3-0.
Missing scores
Gold-Burg did not play a game earlier this week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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