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Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost at home on Friday night against Holliday.
The Lady Eagles won in straight sets as the Lady Rabbits struggled to hang.
Bowie came into the match looking for its first district win while Holliday is still playing for a possible district title. Still, the Lady Rabbits hoped they could compete well with a Lady Eagles team that was hoping to get an easy and quick win.
Unfortunately, that is what happened as Bowie struggled to get much offense going in set one, even when a good serve-receive set the team up to do so. Holliday won the first set 25-5.
The second set was a little better as the Lady Rabbits found some success late. Unfortunately, it was not enough to make the final score close as the Lady Eagles won the second set 25-11.
The third set Bowie was hoping it could catch Holliday napping after winning the first two sets easily.
Unfortunately, the Lady Rabbits fell behind early and could never catch up. The Lady Eagles won the set 25-8 and the match 3-0.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians opened up district play on Saturday at Archer City and came away with an easy win.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets 3-0 against the Wildcats.
Nocona knows coming into this season, the new district will be more challenging than the previous two seasons.
Especially with some younger players at key positions this year and with senior Meg Meekins still out with injury, an easy win was not guaranteed.
Still the Lady Indians won with set scores being 25-15, 25-17 and 25-13.
Ava Johnson led the team with 13 kills while Raylea Bowles was second with eight. Kasi Castro had a team high 10 assists while Kaygan Stone was second with nine. The team had 10 service aces, with Stone leading with four.
On defense, Krisyah Parker led the team with two blocks. Aubree Kleinhans led the team with 13 digs while Johnson and Stone were second with eight each.
Saint Jo vs Forestburg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers opened up district play on Friday with a win at Forestburg.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Horns.
Saint Jo came into the match very confident after playing some of the toughest competition on its schedule and competing well, fulling expecting to win its third straight district title with little challenge.
Forestburg was transitioning to having Superintendent Jason Briles take over as the volleyball coach due to having a resignation elsewhere on its staff. That meant previous Coach Cori Hayes is now having to help coach football.
The Lady Panthers won with the set scores being 25-10, 25-14 and 25-15.
Bellevue vs Gold-Burg
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won their opening district game on the road at Gold-Burg on Friday night.
The Lady Eagles won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Bears.
Bellevue comes into district play hoping it can defy the odds and get a playoff spot despite it being the program’s only second season.
For Gold-Burg, the team struggled and is hoping it can compete well and possibly surprise some teams that underestimate it.
The Lady Eagles won the first two pretty competitive sets both by the score 25-17. Then the third set saw Bellevue run away with the victory 25-8.
To read more of the story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from Bowie’s game on Friday, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6869331&T=1
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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