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Volleyball Roundup
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles lost a tough match at home against Perrin-Whitt on Tuesday night.
The Lady Pirates won 3-1 against the Lady Eagles that had too many cases of letting runs pull them out of sets.
Bellevue was hoping it could turn around some of the recent losses to get the team back on track heading into district play.
With Perrin-Whitt being one of the rare 1A teams that also isn’t in the Lady Eagles’ district, it was a good chance it would be a competitive match.
The first set saw the Lady Pirates get some breathing room early on, up 12-8. Bellevue could not make up that margin for the rest of the set and Perrin-Whitt eventually closed strong, winning 25-18 to take the opening lead.
The second set proved to be the most competitive of the match. Neither team went up by more than two at any point exchanged leads over and over. It took extra-points and eventually the Lady Eagles came out on top 29-27 to tie the match at 1-1.
Unfortunately, that was best stretch Bellevue played. Perrin-Whitt grabbed a 12-8 lead early in the third set and never let go on its way to win 25-15. The fourth set saw the Lady Eagles fall behind big early on and never recover, losing 25-13 and the match 3-1.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits fell at Jacksboro in a match with several close sets that did not go their way.
The Lady Tigers won in straight sets 3-0, but the Lady Rabbits nearly won two of the sets.
Bowie came into the match still looking for its first district win after losing its first three matches.
Jacksboro had two wins in district heading into the match.
The Lady Rabbits battled in set one, but the Lady Tigers closed well at the end to win 25-21 to take the early lead.
The second set did not go Bowie’s way. Jacksboro got a bit of a lead from the beginning that grew and grew as it went along. The Lady Tigers won 25-15 to go up 2-0.
With their backs against the wall, the Lady Rabbits bowed up and battled from the beginning until the end in set three, hoping for a comeback win. It was point-for-point throughout the set.
Unfortunately, it was Jacksboro that was able to pull it out in the end by the narrowest of margins 26-24. The Lady Tigers won 3-0.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians came through in a five-set victory at Poolville on Tuesday in their final match heading into district play.
The Lady Indians pulled through in the back-and-forth 3-2 win against the Lady Monarchs.
Nocona was coming off an exciting win against Saint Jo that broke a bad streak and was hoping to keep it going despite still missing senior outside hitter Meg Meekins, out with an injury.
The first set was a tone setter that showed how evenly the two teams were matched up. The Lady Indians were barely able to squeak through to win 25-23 to take the early lead.
Poolville answered in set two, winning a competitive set 25-21 to tie the match up. Nocona then regained the lead in set three, also winning by the score of 25-21.
The Lady Indians could not close out the match in set four as the Lady Monarchs came through to win by the biggest margin of the match 25-17.
This set up a fifth and final set, which Nocona needed to rebound well from the bad play before.
It went down to the wire like it did in set one. In the end, it was the Lady Indians that were able to pull out the victory 16-14, 3-2.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won a five-set match on the road at Seymour on Tuesday in their final non-district match of the season.
The Lady Bulldogs hung on to win a roller coaster of a game 15-8 that saw momentum swing wildly back and forth all night.
The first set of the match was the most competitive and saw Prairie Valley get an early lead, winning the match 25-23. Unfortunately, the Lady Bulldogs had trouble to capitalizing on its lead, which continued throughout the match.
The Lady Panthers answered by winning set two 25-19 to tie the match at 1-1.
Prairie Valley then easily won set three 25-17 to get the lead back 2-1 and hoping it could close the match in set four.
Unfortunately, set four proved to be a wash as Seymour easily took control and the Lady Bulldogs could not respond. The Lady Panthers won 25-10 to tie the match back up at 2-2 and heading into the fifth set.
Despite losing by such a big margin the previous set, Prairie Valley was able to reset and treat set five like it had in all of the other odd number sets. The Lady Bulldogs ended up winning with little drama 15-8 to pull off the tonally frustrating win 3-2.
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It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”
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Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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