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Volleyball Roundup

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians were able to pull off their biggest win of the season on senior day on Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Indians beat Windthorst 3-1 to set up a chance for a share of the district title.
Nocona knew this would the final chance if it wanted to keep up its streak of district titles to three. State-ranked Windthorst was the only team to beat the Lady Indians in district, winning the first match 3-0 though the first two sets could have gone either way.
Nocona had a big lead in the first set 20-10, but the Lady Trojans climbed back to cut the lead to three points 24-21. Thankfully, the Lady Indians did just enough to pull out the win 25-22 to take the lead.
The second set was back and forth. Windthorst had an early lead 10-5, but Nocona powered back and went on a 12-3 run to go up 17-13. The Lady Trojans came back to cut the lead to one point 18-17 and then it was back and forth.
The Lady Indians had set point up 24-23, but unfortunately could not close. Windthorst won the next three points to steal the set 26-24 and tie the match at 1-1.
The important third set proved to be one of the most competitive from the beginning. It was point for point up until Nocona led 18-17.
The Lady Indians were opening a bit of a lead up 21-18 when a controversial call on the sideline was reversed not once, but twice in favor of Nocona. The Lady Indians were up 22-18 and took that momentum to finish out the set to win 25-21. Nocona led 2-1.
It seemed that controversy and loss of momentum affected Windthorst at the start of the fourth set because the Lady Trojans never got into it. The Lady Indians were up 10-5 before finding themselves up 20-10 like in the first set. Unlike the first set, Nocona closed out the set and match right, winning the final five points with ease to earn the victory 25-10, 3-1.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits season came to an end on Friday night in Vernon.
The Lady Lions beat the Lady Rabbits in three competitive sets that did not go Bowie’s way.
The Lady Rabbits came into the match hoping it could end their season on a high note after much of the final two months of the season were a struggle to get wins.
Bowie knew it could play with Vernon despite the Lady Lions winning in straight sets the first time, two of the sets were close.
Unfortunately, it was more of the same on Friday. Each set saw the Lady Rabbits compete well, but they just could not wrestle control of the lead in any of the sets.
Vernon with the set scores being 25-20, 25-19 and 25-20.
Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers beat Gold-Burg on Friday.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Bears in a match that was over pretty quickly.
Saint Jo came in undefeated in district, state-ranked and gearing itself up for a long playoff run. Gold-Burg had not won a district match and was hoping it could finish its season on a good note in its final game.
The Lady Panthers won with the set scores being 25-9, 25-7 and 25-7.
Prairie Valley vs Bellevue
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs got more than they bargained for when they traveled to Bellevue on Friday.
The Lady Bulldogs barely held off the Lady Eagles from coming back to win in a five-set roller coaster match 3-2.
Prairie Valley came into the match sitting comfortably in second place in district.
Bellevue had lost its previous match earlier in the week to Forestburg to most likely kiss its playoff hopes goodbye unless it could somehow pull off upset wins against the top two teams in the district in its final two games. The Lady Eagles nearly accomplished the first part of that plan.
The first set was the competitive at the end and went down to the wire, but the older more experienced Prairie Valley team closed it out to win 25-22. That momentum stayed through into set two. Bellevue never was able to get into the set and the Lady Bulldogs easily won 25-11 to go up 2-0.
With their backs against the wall on the final home game, the Lady Eagles fought back. The third set was pretty competitive, but Bellevue this time was able to close things out to win 25-21 to keep the match alive.
Set four was competitive as well until the end of it when the Lady Eagles closed it out strong. Bellevue won 25-19 to set up a fifth and final set.
Despite the Lady Eagles having all of the momentum, fifth sets do not always take that into consideration. With the key score moved from 25 to 15, there are fewer points overall and any point won or lead gets multiplied in everyone’s head by 10 times.
That must have been what happened because Prairie Valley shook itself from the past two sets and won anticlimactically 15-6 to earn the victory 3-2.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the Nocona volleyball match, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870073&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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