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Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits ended up finishing third in the silver bracket at last week’s Buckle Up for Lane’s Sake Tournament at Nocona.
The Lady Rabbits went 3-4 overall in their third and final tournament of the season, seeing their best results of the season so far.
Bowie struggled during pool play. The Lady Rabbits lost in straight sets against S&S Consolidated and Nocona before losing a more competitive three-set match against Childress. Bowie picked up a win against Henrietta’s JV team in three sets to finish pool play 1-3.
In between the tournament and bracket play, the Lady Rabbits hosted Forestburg on Friday. Bowie won in straight sets, with the scores being 25-12, 25-6 and 25-21.
The Lady Rabbits played into the silver bracket on the final day. Bowie beat Tioga in two competitive sets before falling to Christ Academy in two set sets. The final match was against Newcastle, with the winner earning third place in the bracket. The Lady Rabbis won with little trouble in both sets.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians had a successful tournament of hosting Buckle Up for Lane’s Sake.
The Lady Indians went 5-2 overall, losing only their last two matches in the gold bracket.
Nocona started off the tournament on with three straight matches where the team beat S&S Consolidated, Bowie and Henrietta’s JV without dropping a set. That changed when the Lady Indians played Childress where they barely lost the second set before dominating the first and third set.
This put Nocona in the gold bracket where the team first played Iowa Park. Like earlier in the week, the Lady Indians won, this time in straight sets with little trouble.
Nocona then played Henrietta and the Lady Cats won in straight sets. The Lady Indians last match was against district opponent Windthorst. The first two sets went back and forth as both were competitive and were won by each team. In the third set, the Lady Trojans ran away with it to win, ending Nocona’s tournament on a downer.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won a competitive match at home against Collinsville on Friday night.
The Lady Panthers won 3-0 against the Lady Pirates, but two of the sets were close.
Saint Jo wanted to test itself against a solid 2A team after falling in a tough match earlier in the week to Garner.
The Lady Panthers won the first set 25-21 and then had an easier time in set two where they won 25-16. The third set went down to the wire and took extra points, but Saint Jo pulled out the victory 26-24.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs had a tough match at Savoy they lost on Friday night.
The Lady Cardinals won 3-1 against a Lady Bulldog team that did not play their best match.
Prairie Valley took care of business in the first set, winning with some authority 25-18 to get the initial lead.
Then Savoy came back, taking advantage of the Lady Bulldogs struggles from the service line to win the next three sets 25-19, 25-20 and 25-19.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns scheduled tournament at Pilot Point got canceled last week so they played 3A Bowie on the road on Friday night.
The Lady Rabbits won 3-0 against the Lady Horns, but it was not all bad for Forestburg.
Still working on getting their lineup in order after some drama led to two girls quitting the team, the Lady Horns tried to work some of that out against the largest school in Montague County.
Bowie won the first two sets 25-12 and 25-6, showing the gap between the classifications. Then in the third set, Forestburg pounced maybe a bit of the Lady Rabbits complacency or just trying out things in their own roster.
It was competitive throughout but in the end, Bowie pulled out the win 25-21 to secure the victory 3-0.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles had a tough time playing mostly bigger schools at Nocona’s Buckle Up for Lane’s Sake tournament last week.
The Lady Eagles did pick up a win as they went 1-6, but they also faced a lot of teams that were just beyond them at this moment.
In pool play Bellevue lost to Henrietta, Christ Academy and Poolville in straight sets.
The Lady Eagles did pull out a three-set win against Quanah to end pool play on a positive mark.
Playing in the silver bracket on the final day, things were only a little easier, but the results were still tough.
Bellevue played Newcastle, Blue Ridge and Tioga and lost all three matches in straight sets.
Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from Gold-Burg’s scheduled match against Perrin-Whitt on Friday.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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