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Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had a tough start to their season earlier in the week, playing three matches on Monday and Tuesday.
The Lady Panthers went 1-2, playing teams both its own size and much bigger in order to challenge themselves.
With Saint Jo featuring an experienced senior core with big aspirations this season, it is important for Coach Kelly Skidmore the team is properly tested during its pre-district schedule.
The Lady Panthers started with playing a team its own size, Perrin-Whitt, on Monday. Saint Jo took care of business, winning in straight sets with score being 25-17, 25-7 and 25-16.
On Tuesday things were a bit tougher. Playing against the newly opened Wichita Falls Memorial school, which is classified as 5A, the Lady Panthers did not do as well.
Saint Jo competed well, but lost in straight sets with score being 25-21, 25-16 and 25-18 in favor of the Lady Mavericks.
The Lady Panthers then got another big test playing 2A Lindsay, which is a traditional regional power. Saint Jo struggled more in the match as the Lady Knights won 25-18, 25-10 and 25-15.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians got a tough lesson in their opening game of the season at Henrietta on Tuesday.
The Lady Cats came back to win in five sets 3-2, as the Lady Indians fell despite being up 2-1 at one point.
Nocona comes into the season with high expectations after a season advancing to the regional final. Despite graduating some key starters, a good experienced core still remains to keep the expectations to the moon.
Playing a tough 3A Henrietta program that is a fixture in the playoffs on the road is one way to challenge the team early.
The Lady Indians won the first set of the match by the narrowest of margins 25-23. The Lady Cats bounced back to tie the match after winning set two 25-19.
Nocona took the lead as the third set was another that came down to the wire at the end. The Lady Indians pulled it off, winning 26-24 to go up 2-1.
Unfortunately, Henrietta went on a tear in the final two sets. The Lady Cats won the fourth set 25-12 to force a fifth and final set. Henrietta pulled away there as well, winning 15-8 to win the match 3-2.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost at Chico on Tuesday to start off their season.
The Lady Dragons won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Horns.
Forestburg is hoping to build off its playoff win last season even though it graduated several key front court players. There is still some core members from that team and a good young core that is hoping it can take that result and run with it.
Playing against a 2A Chico team to start the season, the Lady Horns are not where they want to be yet. The Lady Dragons won with set scores 25-16, 25-6 and 25-15.
Missing scores
I am missing scores from Bellevue and Gold-Burg coaches from games played earlier in the week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
In its’ second consecutive playoff trip, Bowie’s volleyball team gave it a valiant effort against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy. The Eagles proved to be too much with an athletic frontcourt proving too much in a 3-0 win (25-20,25-21,25-18) Oct. 29 at Breckenridge High.
Bowie led midway though all three sets but the Eagles were able to come from behind and pull out the win.
The Eagles got out quickly with a 5-0 lead in the opener. The Lady Rabbits showed some gumption and stormed right back with a Taelyn Webb dink breaking serve. Junior Molly Enlow rolled off four points to knot the game at five. KP Rutherford’s kil kept the drive alive.
Olivia Stewart’s kill set the stage for Serenity Klump’s three-point string. Frontcourt work by Ellie Mowery and Stewart allowed Bowie to take a 10-9 lead. Bowie maintained the lead thanks to dinks by Abby Reneau and Stewart, which forced the Eagles into a timeout.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In its first playoff game of 2026, Saint Jo took control after a slow start and wound up cruising past Garner 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) in a Class A area round game Nov. 2.
The Lady Panthers will face Strawn, which swept Crowell in the area round, next. No further details were available as of press time.
The Lady Longhorns showed they were ready to play in the early going, getting out to a 9-4 lead in game one. Saint Jo broke serve and used a pair of Kamron Skidmore points, aided by Savannah Hill kills on both points to get within one.
Garner led by six midway through the set before Hill’s five-point serving run, helped along by a Skidmore kill to draw within 13-14. A Skidmore kill was followed by two Skidmore points, including an ace, to tie the game at 19.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Several county schools will have runners at the state cross country meet Nov. 7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Bowie, which qualified for regionals with a 3rd place finish at the District 6-3A Meet, will have both Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater, who finished in the top 10 individually. Willett finished 3rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10th with a time of 16:51.60.
Other Rabbits competing were Hayden Cox with a time of 18:56.30, Hayden Sutton in 19:41.60, Taven Melton in 19:59.20. Coleman Holloway in 20:26.80and Jaxon Castro in 20:56.10.
The top 10 individuals and top four teams from each region qualify for State.
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