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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played in their first scrimmage last week at Sulphur Springs.
The Lady Indians went 4-2 overall after three days of playing.
Nocona first played against Greenville. The Lady Lions won both sets by the narrowest margin to win 2-0.
The Lady Indians bounced back the next game, easily beating Hughes Springs in both sets to win 2-0.
The second day saw Nocona first play Sulphur Bluff. The Lady Indians easily won both sets to win 2-0 before facing their toughest test against the tournament host.
It was the first match Nocona played in the tournament that went to three sets.
The Lady Indians won the first set 25-22 before the Lady Cats came back to win set two 25-18. The third set was the closest, with Nocona pulling out the win 26-24 to secure the match 2-1.
On the third and final day, the Lady Indians suffered a close loss to North Lamar. Both sets were competitive, but the Lady Panthers won in straight sets 2-0.
The final game of the tournament was against Prairieland. The first set went down to the wire, but Nocona won 26-24. The Lady Indians wrapped up the match in set two 25-20 to win the match 2-0.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers first tournament was at Whitesboro on Thursday and Saturday last week.
The Lady Panthers went 3-3 during the tournament, playing schools that are almost all bigger than them.
Saint Jo first played the tournament host and lost a tough match 2-1, with the third set being as close as it could have been.
Playing 4A Van Alstyne next, the Lady Panthers struggled to compete as they lost in straight sets 2-0.
Saint Jo ended the first day on top, winning against Pilot Point in straight sets 2-0.
The closing set went down to the wire which the Lady Panthers were able to win by the smallest margin.
The start of day two saw Saint Jo easily dispatch Leonard in straights sets 2-0 to get its tournament record back to even. That was right before Ponder sent the Lady Panthers back down, winning commandingly in straight sets 2-0.
Saint Jo ended the tournament by playing the Whitesboro JV team. The Lady Panthers, after competing well against the school’s varsity team, easily beat the JV team in straights sets 2-0 so they could go home with a 3-3 record.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a tough first tournament at Burkburnett last week.
The Lady Rabbits went 1-4 as they are still trying to lock in roster spots and rotation after playing only one game before the tournament.
Playing schools like 5A Arlington Heights, 3A Childress and state-ranked 2A and 1A schools Windthorst and Harrold, Bowie had a good look at a lot of different levels of early season volleyball.
The Lady Rabbits could not find a win against those teams, but got the win against Seymour to go home with a victory.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs played their first game of the season at home against Chillicothe on Thursday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Eagles.
The team has an experienced senior core that recovered from early season trouble last season to end up finishing second in district and winning a playoff game.
With that in mind there are big expectations for this group to try and pick up where they left off.
Prairie Valley was the better team from the beginning and played like it in each set, winning by scores 25-13, 25-9 and 25-12.
Montague
The Montague Lady Eagles traveled to Bellevue for their first game of the season and came away victorious with the set scores 25-18 and 25-10.
Almost half of the Lady Eagles’ points came from aces as Maddie Travis and Sage Keck led with five aces each and Brylee and Lynlee Coffman each served up four. Travis and Lynlee led with four kills each while Brylee had five assists.
Montague is next scheduled to play at 4 p.m. on Aug. 29 against Wichita Christian.
Missing scores
The news is missing scores from Forestburg’s game late last week against Sacred Heart and Gold-Burg’s tournament results at Benjamin. Bellevue did not play late last week.
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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