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Bowie volleyball loses to Graford
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost their home game Tuesday night against a tall Graford team at the net.
Graford won in straight sets 3-0 as Bowie constantly found itself in early holes it could not dig itself out of.
Bowie came into the game with the goal of still working on straightening out rotations, getting players more varsity experience while also trying to win.
Graford, freshly moved up to 2A and featuring several tall players despite being a smaller school, was looking to show just because the team was moving up a classification it could still win at a high level.
Bowie started the match well, getting the early lead and extending it to 9-6. Graford then went on an 8-2 run to take the lead 14-11, taking advantage of mistakes and never looked back.
Bowie hung with Graford, never falling so behind to lose hope, but ran out of time. Graford won the first set 25-20 to go ahead 1-0.
The second set started off not well for Bowie. Graford led 7-3 at the beginning of the set. Bowie was able to keep pace with Graford up until the end game, down three to four points the whole way, trailing 19-16.
Graford then went on a 4-1 run go up 23-17 to clinch the set definitively, winning 25-17 to up 2-0.
Bowie needed to win the next three sets if it wanted to come from behind and win the match. An epic comeback was not in the cards Tuesday night.
Graford took control early and never let go. Bowie lost the set 25-14 as Graford won the match 3-0.
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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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