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Lady Rabbits lose opening district game at Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits fell in their opening district game at Holliday on Friday night.
The Lady Eagles won 55-30 against a Lady Rabbits team who is starting district in not the best health.
Bowie’s top ball handler and scorer Ziba Robbins is out for the foreseeable future with an injury and its top post scorer Kayleigh Crow is working her way back from a leg injury. While Crow played on Friday night, she did not start and her time on the court was limited.
Playing a Holliday team that graduated almost all of its key figures from last year’s state title, the Lady Eagles are still considered one of the top teams in the district even if they aren’t favored to win it this season.
Holliday showed it in the first quarter, getting out to a 19-5 lead as Bowie was trying to figure out how best to attack. The Lady Eagles showed multiple looks on defense that never allowed the Lady Rabbits to get comfortable while scoring at will in the first quarter.
Thankfully, Bowie started to play better.
The Lady Rabbits have had trouble in some games this season with scoring at a good pace even at full strength. Thankfully, Parker Riddle stepped up in this game, scoring eight of the team’s 12 points in the second quarter.
Bowie outscored Holliday 12-11 in the second quarter, which didn’t make up the big hole the Lady Rabbits were in, but showed the team they could play with and compete against the Lady Eagles.
Bowie outplayed Holliday again in an ugly, low-scoring third quarter, one in which the Lady Rabbits outscored them 5-4. Again, not enough to make up the double-digit deficit, but proving to Bowie players it can play winning basketball against one of the top teams in the district.
The Lady Eagles found success early in the fourth quarter by knocking down four 3-pointers as they increased their lead. While the Lady Rabbits could not keep up with that type of scoring, it was their most balanced quarter of the game as four different players made one field goal.
Holliday won 55-30.
Riddle led the team with 10 points while Hanna Bell was second with eight points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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