SPORTS
Nocona volleyball breaks 10 year streak
The Nocona Lady Indians are heading to the regional tournament for the first time in 10 years after beating Lindsay on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians won 3-1 against the Lady Knights in a rematch from last year’s playoffs.
Nocona was coming off a close five-set win against Como-Pickton from the previous area round match. It was the first close game the Lady Indians had played in nearly month after blowing through their district schedule and bi-district playoff match.
Funny enough, the last close match before district play came against Lindsay, which Nocona won in a five-set thriller on the road.
The Lady Knights had beaten the Lady Indians last year in the playoffs in the same regional quarterfinals round. Lindsay then went on to make it all the way to the state championship match before losing to Windthorst.
The Lady Knights graduated several key players from that team while Nocona returned most of the same faces from last year, but one year older and better.
The Lady Indians were probably slightly favored, but knew from the close win the previous month and a 2-1 loss against Lindsay in a tournament the month before that, the match would be tough.
Nocona came out with so much energy from the team and crowd that it seemed like it was going to set the roof on fire.
That energy lasted for the first 20 points as the Lady Indians jumped out to a 15-5 lead in the first set.
From there the Lady Knights settled down and started to play better and the blistering one-sided pace from Nocona cooled off a little bit.
With a 10-point lead, the Lady Indians were able to play even the rest of the set to win comfortably 25-15, but Lindsay had now woken up.
The Lady Knights went on a 7-3 run early in set two to open up an 8-7 lead into a 15-10. The lead kept growing as Lindsay’s big hitters started hitting their spots. The Lady Knights tied the match up, winning set two 25-17.
The third set was back-and-forth through the first 25 points. Nocona got some advantage, up four points 17-13. From there, the Lady Indians had control and were able to not let Lindsay string enough points in a row to come back.
Nocona won the set 25-20 and looked to close things out in set four, up 2-1.
The Lady Knights were looking to force another five-set match. Neither team could get up by more than two points the entire set.
Lindsay got a 16-14 lead and was able to keep it until the Lady Indians retook the lead 23-22 and looked to close the match.
The Lady Knights came back and had two set points ahead 25-24 and 26-25. Nocona won the next point both time to keep the set alive.
After tying the score at 26-26, the Lady Indians were able to win the next two points, closing out the match on a spike from Meg Meekins. Her teammates piled on her as Nocona won the set 28-26 and the match 3-1.
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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