SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians wrapped up their second straight undefeated district title with a win at home against Chico on senior night.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets, making it so they never dropped a set all throughout district play.
Nocona won with the set scores being 25-19, 25-13 and 25-14.
Aubree Kleinhans led the team with 16 digs and Ava Johnson was second with 10. Bailey Waters had a team high three blocks while Graci Brown got one.
Skyler Smith led the team with 15 kills and tied with Meg Meekins with 21 assists. Meekins and Kleinhans also each had two service aces to lead the team while Meekins was second with 14 kills.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost their final district game on the road at Iowa Park in another close and tough five-set match.
The Lady Hawks won the back-and-forth 3-2 to win as the Lady Rabbits finished with the fourth seed in district play.
Bowie was coming off an important, but easy win against Vernon. While the Lady Rabbits ended up having the final playoff spot wrapped up and could not have moved up even with a win, it was still important for Bowie to play well heading into the postseason.
The Lady Rabbits first match against Iowa Park on senior night did not go well. The Lady Hawks won in straight sets, though two of the sets were competitive.
On Tuesday night, Iowa Park was hoping to have a happy senior night but Bowie looked to be the one to play spoiler this time.
The Lady Hawks won the first set 25-20 to go up early. The Lady Rabbits responded by winning one of the closest sets of the match 26-24 to tie the score up at 1-1.
Iowa Park then responded by winning set three by the same score as set one 25-20 to go back up by one set. Bowie then tied the score back up by winning set four, also by the score of 25-20 to force a fifth and final set.
It was the Lady Rabbits third five-set match during district play alone, all coming in the last two weeks. Bowie was 1-1 in those matches entering Tuesday.
The fifth set proved to be the closest set of the match as neither team could pull ahead by more than two points at any time. Unfortunately, it was the Lady Hawks that came away with the win 15-13.
Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers sealed their second straight undefeated district championship with a win at Gold-Burg on Tuesday.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the struggling Lady Bears who ended their season.
Gold-Burg hung with Saint Jo in the first set before the Lady Panthers won 25-19. The next two sets were not as close as Saint Jo won with scores being 25-6 and 25-9.
It was a tough end to a frustrating season for the Lady Bears. A program used to going to the playoffs and being able to have a competitive match against almost any 1A team struggled with inconsistent play and inexperience. Coach Cheryl Cromleigh is used to having her teams showing a bit more fight, even in matches where they lose. Cromleigh hopes the overall make-up of the team is improved by next season.
For Saint Jo, the Lady Panthers hope to have another long playoff run, but will have to wait a bit before they play in a real match again.
The district championship means they have a bye into the area round which is a week and half from Tuesday’s match.
Prairie Valley vs Bellevue
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs had a happy senior night with a straight sets win against Bellevue on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs win set up a play-in game against Forestburg on Friday to see which team will earn the second seed heading into the playoffs.
The first set was competitive as Bellevue showed some fight, but Prairie Valley closed well to win 25-21. After that, the Lady Bulldogs made quick work winning the next two sets 25-5 and 25-6.
It was a disappointing way for the Lady Eagles season to end, though it was an overall good first year for Bellevue’s resurrected volleyball program.
The Lady Eagles were actually able to win a few matches, including a district one, while competing better in some losses after a rough first month of not playing well.
Considering Bellevue had few athletes with any volleyball experience before this season and that most of the team were underclassmen, that is a successful first year for Coach Mollee Kirk and the Lady Eagles.
For Prairie Valley, Linzie Priddy had a team high nine kills. Kai Cearley led the team with 10 service aces. Renee Stout had a team high 12 assists.
Missing scores
Forestburg did not play earlier in the week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
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.
SPORTS
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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