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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.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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