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Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits broke a two-game losing streak as they beat Vernon at home on Saturday.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets, playing better as the match went along against the Lady Lions.
Bowie was coming off disappointing losses to City View and Holliday heading into the game and really needed to win in order to keep its playoff hopes alive.
The Lady Rabbits had beaten Vernon in the first round of district play, but the Lady Lions were also battling for the final playoff spot in district so the match could have been tough.
The first set made it look like the match would be competitive as it came down until the final few points.
Bowie just pulled away at the end to win by the smallest of margins 25-23 to go up 1-0.
The second set saw the Lady Rabbits take control and Vernon could not get it turned around despite playing well at times. Bowie won 25-15 to take 2-0 lead into set three and was looking to put the Lady Lions away.
That is what happened as Vernon failed to show up in set three. The Lady Rabbits dominated from start to finish as the Lady Lions failed to execute even the small things as Bowie’s lead grew and grew.
In the end, the Lady Rabbits closed the match anti-climatically, winning 25-4 and 3-0.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians kept up their undefeated play in district with a win at Alvord on Friday.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets again, keeping up their district streak of not dropping a set.
Nocona won with relative ease, with only the second set being competitive for the majority of the set. The scores were 25-12, 25-20 and 25-13.
Bren Fenoglio and Ava Johnson each had a team high three service aces each. Aubree Kleinhans had a team high 11 digs.
Skyler Smith led the team with 11 kills and was second with 13 assists.
Meg Meekins had a team high 15 assists and was second with nine kills and 10 digs. Smith and Avery Crutsinger each got one block.
Forestburg vs Prairie Valley
The Forestburg Lady Horns won a five-set match against Prairie Valley on Friday to equal the team’s records against each other.
The Lady Horns held off a furious comeback to win 3-2 against the Lady Bulldogs.
Both teams were vying for second place with Saint Jo wrapping up the district title. Prairie Valley won the first match between the teams at the first of the month. On Friday it was a different story.
Forestburg won the first two sets that were as close and competitive as it could be. The first set the Lady Horns won 25-22. The second set was even closer and Forestburg pulled out the win in extra points 27-25 to take a 2-0 lead.
The Lady Bulldogs came back, storming through the next two sets. Prairie Valley won set three comfortably 25-17 before easily winning set four 25-13 to tie the score up at 2-2 and force a fifth set.
Despite the Lady Bulldogs coming in with all of the momentum, the eerie fifth set was different.
With the set going to 15 instead of 25 and the knowledge of it being winner takes all makes it a different set from everything that came before it.
Forestburg was able to bounce back and won the fifth set 15-10 to close the match 3-2.
Bellevue vs Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won their first district match of the season in their rematch at Bellevue on Friday.
The Lady Bears won in straight sets against the Lady Eagles, getting a bit of revenge after losing to them earlier in district play.
Gold-Burg won with the set scores being 25-19, 25-22 and 25-13.
Lady Bears Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her team put it all together to play one of their best games of the season as it nears its end.
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Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory
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.
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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney
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.
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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages
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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