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Volleyball Roundup

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won a match against 2A Poolville at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers won 3-1, letting the third set get away from them as the Lady Monarchs kept them honest.
Saint Jo was coming off a great showing at their hosted tournament the previous week, coming in second place and playing up to where it hopes it can be, but also with more room to grow.
Poolville had the size at the net to make the Lady Panthers work and showed that to start the match.
The Lady Monarchs got the early lead 4-1, but Saint Jo answered back and slowly crept at Poolville’s advantage before tying things up at 15-15.
Then both teams exchanged great 5-0 serve runs to tie the score back up at 20-20. The Lady Panthers were able to play the cleaner stretch in the end game to win the first set 25-22.
That momentum from closing out such a competitive set seemed to propel Saint Jo in set two and the Lady Monarchs showed little resistance. The Lady Panthers started the set up 8-2. Poolville came back to make it a little close 9-6.
Then Saint Jo went on a 14-1 run to break the set open. The Lady Panthers won easily 25-10 to go up 2-0 and with all of the momentum in the world.
Saint Jo then started set three 5-0 and things looked like it was going to be a repeat of set two. The Lady Monarchs came back initially to cut the lead down to 11-9, but the Lady Panthers were still in control 15 points later up 19-16 heading into the end game.
Then Poolville tied the score up at 20-20 and things seemed to get real. Saint Jo was going to have to dig a bit deeper than it thought to pull out a set that could go either way in the final 10 points.
The Lady Panthers held a narrow 23-22 lead, but unfortunately it was the Lady Monarchs that came through to win two of the next three points. Poolville took the set 26-24 to force a fourth set, right when everybody thought it was about to end early and easily.
Saint Jo knew it let the end of the match slip from its grasp. To not let the match further slip away and give the Lady Monarchs more hope to potentially come back and win whole thing in five sets, the Lady Panthers would have to show up well from the start of set four.
The first 10 points were a competitive back-and-forth as neither team looked to get much of an advantage, with the score tied at 5-5. Then Saint Jo went on a 4-1 run and got the opening it needed.
The Lady Panthers were able to keep the Lady Monarchs at bay with a three or four point lead for the next 10 points before Saint Jo started to pull away. Up 18-12, the Lady Panthers won another five-point exchange 4-1 to extend their lead by double-digits and everyone knew it was close to over.
Saint Jo easily closed the set with little drama 25-14, winning the match 3-1.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost a tough district match at Iowa Park on Tuesday night.
The Lady Hawks won 3-1 as the Lady Rabbits were able to win a close third set to keep the match alive and give them hope of coming back.
Bowie was coming into the match after starting district playing the defending district champs Henrietta at home. The Lady Rabbits were not able to come through against the Lady Cats and they were hoping to get their first district win on the road.
From the first point of the match, Bowie was tested when outside hitter Madison Fulmer went down with a knee injury during a rally that sidelined her for the match.
It was a competitive first set, but ultimately it was Iowa Park that pulled away as it wore on, winning 25-17 to take the early lead.
It felt worse when in set two the Lady Hawks started out on a roll that Bowie just could not recover from. Iowa Park won set two by a big margin 25-10 and looked like it was going to take the match easily.
The Lady Rabbits rallied back and in set three competed like they knew they could against the Lady Hawks. It was point-to-point throughout and neither team could get much of a lead. Down to the wire, it was Bowie who came through, winning 25-22 to keep the match alive.
The Lady Rabbits had some hope, with the route ahead for a comeback now set and the team believing they could do it.
Unfortunately in set four, Bowie just could not find its rhythm to stay with Iowa Park in the final stretch of the set. The Lady Hawks were able to close out the set, winning it 25-18 and the match 3-1.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost a tough match on Tuesday at 5A Wichita Falls Memorial.
The Lady Mavericks won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Indians as they struggled to hang with the bigger school.
The set scores were 25-15, 25-15 and 25-12 in a game Nocona would most like to put behind itself. Coach Kara Lucherk did not think her team played its best.
“I thought we struggled with what the other team was able to do offensively from the first few touches,” Lucherk said. “We could never pull ourselves out of the hole mentally to get much going on our side of the net.”
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns picked up a big five-set win at home against Perrin-Whitt on Tuesday night.
The Lady Horns escaped near disaster, holding off the Lady Pirates’ furious comeback attempt to win 3-2.
Forestburg was coming off its toughest tournament of the season in Saint Jo, rallying during bracket play to take home some hardware in the consolation side.
The start of the match did not go well for the Lady Horns. Perrin-Whitt got out to an 11-4 lead and was playing well. Forestburg was able to swing things around dramatically, closing on a 21-4 run to win the set 25-18.
The second set was one of the closest of the match. In the end, the Lady Horns were able to execute in the end game to win it 25-20 and take a 2-0 lead.
Then the Lady Pirates started to up their intensity and Forestburg just could not match it. Perrin-Whitt won sets three and four by the one-sided score 25-11 to tie the match up at 2-2 with all the momentum in the world on its side.
Set five exists in its own universe, not always swayed by two sets worth of one-sided play from one team now that the end of the match is near for both sides.
It held true on Tuesday night as the Lady Horns were able to shake off its fog from the previous two sets and play the most competitive stretch of the entire match from beginning to end. Like it was in set two, it was Forestburg that held its poise and won the close set 15-12 to seal its victory it almost let slip away.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles lost a tough match at Olney on Tuesday night.
The Lady Cubs won 3-1 against the Lady Eagles.
Bellevue was coming off the Saint Jo tournament that showed some promising results after getting second in the silver bracket.
The Lady Eagles started off the match well, winning 25-18 to take the early lead. Unfortunately, Olney was able to rally and win the next three competitive sets 25-19, 25-17 and 25-22 to take the victory.
Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from Prairie Valley’s match on Tuesday. Gold-Burg did not play earlier in the week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. To see photos from the Saint Jo game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6868965&T=1
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Bowie track runs at Peaster in final meet before district

The Bowie track team competed in its final meet before district last week on March 27 at Peaster.
The boy’s team finished fourth overall while the girl’s team got seventh place.
The boy’s team had three athletes who won their events.
Russell Anderson won the 400 meter race, Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and Tyler Richey won the pole vault events.
Some other highlights for the team included Cody West getting second in the shot put, the 4×400 relay team getting second place, Richey getting fourth in the 110 meter hurdles, Rhyne getting third in the 300 meter hurdles and Jorge De Leon getting fourth in both the discus and shot put.
Brayden Willett got second place in the 3200 meters, third place in the 1600 meters and fourth place in the 800 meter race.
The Lady Rabbit highlights included Dallie Monroe getting fourth in the shot put, Laney Segura getting fifth in the 800 meters and Olivia Richey getting sixth in the 100 meters.
The 4×200 relay got fifth place and the 4×100 relay got sixth place to earn points.
Bowie competes in the district rack meet this week at Iowa Park. The running finals are scheduled for 5 p.m. on April 4.
Results for all Bowie varsity athletes who finished sixth or better are in the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Montague County has nine named all-region basketball players

Nocona’s Meg Meekins (above) not only earned all-region honors, she also earned all-state honors and was named the Texas Girls Coaches Association 1A-4A Player of the Year.
Other Montague County basketball athletes who were named to all-region teams including Rayder Mann from Bowie and Reagan Phipps from Nocona. From Saint Jo, Payzlie Cervantes, Taylor Patrick and Barrett Johnson were named to the all-region team. From Forestburg, Jesus Sanchez, Brenna Briles and Kyler Willett were named to the all-region team.
For pictures of all nine athletes, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Baseball Roundup

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost a close game at home against Perrin-Whitt on March 28.
The Pirates won 8-3, only taking the lead in the seventh inning after the Panthers had come back to tie up the game.
Saint Jo was coming into the game after a close one-run loss in extra innings against Perrin-Whitt earlier last week.
The second game started with two scoreless innings before the Pirates got on the board in the third inning. A line drive into left field resulted in a fielding error that allowed one run to score. A double followed that drove in another run as Perrin-Whitt went up 2-0.
The Pirates added to the lead in the fourth inning, driving in a run on a single to extend its lead to 3-0.
Saint Jo answered back in the same inning. Charlie Evans drove in one run with a single. Later in the inning, with a runners on second on third base, the Perrin-Whitt pitcher balked twice, an illegal pitching motion, that allowed both runners to advance to home plate. The Panthers had tied the score at 3-3.
After a scoreless fifth and sixth inning, the Pirates had the pressure on in the seventh inning.
With the bases loaded, a hit batter and later a walk scored two runs for Perrin-Whitt. Then a bases clearing double scored three more runs to break the game open in the final inning.
Saint Jo tried to answer in its final at-bats, getting two singles and drawing a walk but could not get enough things going to score.
The Pirates won 8-3.
Evans led the team with one RBI and two hits as the team finished with five hits and drew six walks.
Sam Martin allowed eight runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out six and walking three batters in 6.2 innings of work. The defense committed three fielding errors overall.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a tough start to district last week, losing both games in their series against Lindsay.
The Knights won 11-4 and 7-3 against the Indians last week as Nocona hopes to get back into the playoffs.
Nocona was coming off a string of good wins the previous week against smaller schools, but knew Lindsay would be tough.
The first game saw Lindsay continually score runs in the first four innings, building a 9-0 lead before the Indians could get on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning with two runs.
Nocona added two more runs in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 9-4 and get some momentum heading into the final two innings.
After a scoreless sixth inning, the Knights scored two runs in the seventh inning to extend their lead and eventually win 11-4.
Miller Jentry led the team with two RBIs while RJ Walker also drove in two runs. The team had only two hits, but drew nine walks in the game.
Brody Langford allowed six runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out three in three innings pitches. Landon Fatheree allowed five runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out one and walking four. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Nocona knew it could play better and tried to in the second game later in the week while playing on the road at Lindsay.
The Knights again took the early lead, scoring in three of the first four innings and going up 6-0. The Indians scored two runs in the fifth inning and one in the top of the sixth inning to initially cut the lead to 6-3. Lindsay answered with one run in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on to win 7-3.
Walker Murphey led the team with two RBIs after hit a double. Kutter Cabrera drove in the other run for Nocona. The Indians finished with three hits and drew only two walks, making the most of their limited opportunities.
Walker got the start on the mound and allowed seven runs (two earned) on eight hits while striking out six batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed six fielding errors overall.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles started district last week playing a series against fellow 1A team Bryson.
Unfortunately, the Cowboys won both games handily 11-1 and 10-1.
Bellevue was coming off a tough week where it hung tough playing 2A teams Nocona and Chico, not getting wins but competing well against the more experienced and bigger schools.
Unfortunately against Bryson in the first game, a few bad defensive innings threw away a good start to the game. Bryce Ramsey drew a leadoff walk in the first inning and stole his way around to second base, third base before eventually coming home on a steal.
Bellevue led 1-0 after the first inning.
That was the highlight as the Cowboys scored four runs in both the third and fourth inning to take control of the game. Bryson eventually added three more in the sixth inning.
The Eagles needed to score at least one run to avoid getting run-ruled and play the seventh inning, but could not do it. The Cowboys won 11-1.
Walker Strahan, Ryan Jones and Ramsey each had one hit to lead the team. With the Eagles drawing only one walk, it was a tough day swinging the bats for Bellevue.
Defensively, the Eagles allowed 12 hits and walked four batters, though avoided committing any fielding errors.
The second game on the road was not much better.
Bryson built up a 6-0 lead before Bellevue scored in the fifth inning. Cam Blaylock scored on the base paths to cut the lead to 6-1. The Cowboys responded in the same inning scoring four runs to go up 10-1.
The game cuts off on the Game Changer app from there.
Ramsey led the team with three hits in the game and Strahan was behind him with two hits as the team finished with six total and drew one walk.
Defensively, Bryson had nine hits and drew eight walks, but Bellevue did not commit any fielding errors.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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