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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians had a player reach a personal milestone during Tuesday’s home matches against Millsap and Holliday.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Bulldogs in straight sets 3-0 before losing to the Lady Eagles 3-1.
During the match against Holliday, junior libero player Aubree Kleinhans recorded her 1,000 career dig, which was celebrated after the game with a banner.
“I was excited to reach this milestone with the help of my teammates and coaches,” Kleinhans said.
In the first match against Millsap, each set was competitive. Nocona was able to pull out the win in each one, winning 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22.
The second match against Holliday did not go Nocona’s way as the two most competitive sets saw the Lady Eagles pulling through, which made all the difference.
The Lady Indians won the first set definitively 25-17 to go up. Holliday came back and won the second set in extra points 27-25 to tie the match.
The Lady Eagles then carried that momentum into set three and won 25-18 to take their first lead. Nocona needed to win set four in order to force a fifth and final set.
It was another set that went down to the wire, but Holliday pulled it out, winning by the narrowest margin 25-23 to take the match 3-1.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers dominated both of their matches at home on Tuesday night against bigger schools Seymour and Gainesville.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets 3-0 against both teams, with most sets finishing quickly and with little drama.
Saint Jo first played 2A Seymour and took care of business, doing a lot of damage serving the ball against the opposing back row. Saint Jo won with set scores being 25-12, 25-10 and 25-10.
Playing against 4A Gainesville, it was more of the same outside of one set. The Lady Panthers dominated the first and third sets, winning 25-6 and 25-11. The second set Saint Jo controlled, but the Lady Leopards showed a bit more fight. Still, the Lady Panthers won 25-17.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost a competitive match at Vernon Northside on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians won 3-1, but three of the four sets were so close at the end it could have gone either way.
Forestburg has been working through some early season kinks and some of those things came together.
Northside was up 2-0 after winning the first two sets 25-22 and 25-12. The Lady Horns showed some backbone in the third set despite not having any momentum.
Forestburg won set three by the narrowest margin 25-23 and with set four playing just as close, it looked like the Lady Horns had a chance to force a fifth and final set.
Unfortunately, the Lady Indians were able to pull out set four, winning by the narrowest of margins 25-23 to seal the victory 3-1.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won at home on Tuesday against Sacred Heart.
The Lady Bulldogs won 3-1 against the Lady tigers in their home gym.
Prairie Valley was playing only its second match of the season and put in some good work.
The Lady Bulldogs dominated in set one. Ky Cearly got hot from the service line, winning 11 straight points including five aces. This helped power Prairie Valley to a dominating 25-7 win.
The rest of the match was a bit more competitive.
The second set saw the Lady Bulldogs win 25-21 to go up 2-0 in the closest set of the match.
Sacred Heart caught Prairie Valley napping in set three, winning 25-19 to cut the lead to 2-1 and force the match to keep going.
Not wanting to give the Lady Tigers a chance to try and come back, the Lady Bulldogs buckled down and won set four 25-17 to secure the victory 3-1.

Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from Bellevue’s match earlier this week. Gold-Burg did not have a game scheduled for earlier this week.

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Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory

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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.

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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney

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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.

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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages

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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.

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