SPORTS
Prairie Valley beats Forestburg in play-in match
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won the play-in match on Friday night against Forestburg for the second seed.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against an older Lady Horns team that was heading for the playoffs for the first time in four years win or lose, but wanted to cap off their regular season strong.
Forestburg had most recently beaten Prairie Valley the previous week at home in a five-set thriller to tie the series at 1-1.
The Lady Bulldogs had won the first match 3-1 at home, but the home court advantage would be gone in this game, which was played at Saint Jo.
The first set saw both teams get mini runs as momentum switched back and forth.
Forestburg had some bigger and more athletic girls at the net that could get going if things were going good, especially if a server got hot.
Prairie Valley had only a few girls who could play at the net and relied on ball control and savvy despite the relative youth of the team.
With the score tied at 15-15, the Lady Bulldogs went on a 5-0 run to open up a 20-15 lead heading into the homestretch. The Lady Horns were not able to make up the different as Prairie Valley won the set 25-20.
The second set saw the Lady Bulldogs take control earlier, up 10-5 and later 18-12. Forestburg could not get things turned around into one of its serving runs as Prairie Valley won the set 25-18 and was up 2-0.
The third set saw the Lady Horns catch fire. With the score tied at 5-5, Forestburg went on a 12-2 run to go up by 10 points 17-7 and looked like it was going to take the set easily.
The Lady Bulldogs battled back throughout the rest of the set, slowly catching up and only tying the score near the end at 24-24.
From there, Prairie Valley had all of the momentum and was able to get the final two points to steal the third set 26-24 and earn the win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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