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Lady Rabbits fall to Vernon 55-39
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost another tough district game on Friday against Vernon.
The Lady Lions won 55-39 against a Lady Rabbits team that struggled against their physicality.
Bowie came into the game hoping to get its first district win. Vernon only had one district win so far, so the Lady Rabbits were hoping Friday night would be the time.
Bowie was still without its leading scorer Ziba Robbins, but with more experience playing without her maybe it would all come together.
Unfortunately, the Lady Lions press defense seemed to give the Lady Rabbits problems right from the beginning. Turnovers were not just an issue, it was the type of turnovers that led straight to points in transition.
Bowie only had offensive success with some quick hitting out of bounds plays, which was not enough to keep up as the Lady Rabbits were down 18-7.
Bowie played better in the second quarter. Offensively it was the best stretch of the game for the Lady Rabbits as five different players scored at least one basket, all inside the 3-point arc. Bowie scored twice the amount of points in the first quarter. Unfortunately, defensively the Lady Rabbits were still having trouble.
The team was trying to faceguard Vernon’s best player to prevent the ball from finding her within the flow of the offense and just frustrating her. Still, the Lady Lions found offensive success, drawing contact to getting to the free throw line while also crashing the offensive glass for second and third chances.
Vernon led 30-21 at halftime, but Bowie was within range of coming back if it could keep up the offensive success while finding a way to stop the Lady Lions on defense.
Unfortunately, that did not happen.
The Lady Rabbits offense stalled to scoring in single digits with only two made field goals, though the team was able to get to the free throw line after no attempts in the first half.
Vernon’s offense kept on finding success, with two made 3-pointers being thrown into the mix. The Lady Lions lead grew to double-digits again, up to 46-29 heading into the fourth quarter.
While Bowie’s defense limited Vernon in the final period, the Lady Rabbits couldn’t score enough to come back, even with the team getting to the free throw line more than they had all game.
Bowie only outscored the Lady Lions 10-9 in the fourth quarter as Vernon won comfortably 55-39.
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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