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Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers went undefeated at the Munday tournament during the weekend to win the championship.
The Lady Panthers went 6-0 overall and did not lose a set as they dominated from start to finish.
In pool play on the first day, Saint Jo dominated the Texas Leadership of Abilene, Trent and Chillicothe, not dropping a set.
During bracket play on the final day, the Lady Panthers beat Xdot Academy and Quanah to reach the championship game.
There they played Woodson for the title and won with set scores 25-16 and 25-23.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits were able to pick up a game on Friday against Burkburnett despite initially having an opening in the schedule.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Rabbits.
The teams already played a couple of weeks back in late August. Then Burkburnett won in four sets.
On Friday, all three sets were competitive, but the Lady Bulldogs were able to win by a comfortable margin with the scores being 25-16, 25-18 and 25-15.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost a tough five-set match to last year’s 1A state runner-up Harrold at home on Friday.
The Lady Hornets won the back and forth match 3-2, with results changing wildly from set to set.
The Lady Indians were looking for a challenge against a program with state aspirations as well and were ready for the challenge.
Harrold won the first set commandingly 25-15. Nocona came back to win a slightly more competitive set 25-21 to tie the match at 1-1.
The Lady Hornets won the third set with little drama 25-18 to take the lead. The fourth set proved to be the closest of the match and could have gone either way.
The Lady Indians dug deep and won set four in extra points 27-25 to tie the match at 2-2 and force a fifth set.
Unfortunately, Nocona could not lean on the momentum from winning the fourth set. Harrold grabbed control and won 15-7.
The Lady Hornets won the match 3-2.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles lost a tough match against Archer City on Saturday.
The Lady Cats won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Eagles, but did play better as the match went along.
Archer City won with sets scores being 25-7, 25-10 and 25-13.
Missing scores
The Bowie News did not receive scores from Forestburg’ s game on Saturday. Prairie Valley and Gold-Burg did not play games late last week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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