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Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had a happy senior night on Tuesday playing their final regular season match against Bellevue.
The Lady Panthers won 3-0 against the Lady Eagles to officially secure another district title.
Saint Jo came into the match with a lot of emotion. The team sports six seniors, with five who have been on varsity since freshman year and all six since sophomore year.
The Lady Panthers already had the district title wrapped up with no losses in the five previous matches.
Bellevue came into the match with nothing to lose in its final match of the season. The Lady Eagles are going to just miss the playoffs, but still were playing with pride as they nearly upset district runner-up Prairie Valley in the previous match in five sets. They were hoping they could push an unsuspecting, but sentimental Saint Jo team the same way.
The first set proved to be the most competitive. The Lady Panthers were playing all of their seniors at the start which mucked up their typical rotations, but they knew they could weather it.
Saint Jo slowly pulled away, but the Lady Eagles were able to score some points on the margins to make the final score 25-17.
After the first set, the Lady Panthers rotations were a bit more normal and they were more into the match. Good serves and net play allowed them to get out to a huge early lead 12-3 and Bellevue could not recover. Saint Jo won 25-12.
It was the same story in set three. The Lady Panthers led 14-6 and kept up that pace as they won 25-11 to secure the victory 3-0.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians officially wrapped up their co-district championship on Tuesday at Petrolia.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Pirates as they head into the playoffs on cloud nine.
Nocona was coming into the game off its biggest win of the season, beating Windthorst at home on senior night to tie the Lady Trojans at the top of the district standings. With the two teams going into different divisions in the playoffs, there would be no need for the teams to play again for the district title and first seed like they would in the past.
Still, for Nocona to get a gold ball for a shared district title, the Lady Indians would have to beat Petrolia.
Nocona took care of the Lady Pirates, with two of the sets being relatively competitive. The set scores were 25-18, 25-13 and 25-20.
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs had a happy senior night on Tuesday with a win against Forestburg.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets 3-0 to secure district runner-up while the Lady Horns finished third.
Prairie Valley had gotten a scare in its previous match at Bellevue, nearly letting the Lady Eagles come back as it went to five sets.
Forestburg was motivated because a win would set up a chance for a play-in game later this week for second place and a better playoff seed.
The Lady Bulldogs came to play and won the first two sets with relative ease 25-14 and 25-11. The Lady Horns made a good push in set three, but still Prairie Valley was able to close the set to win 25-20 and the match 3-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the Saint Jo and Bellevue match, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870234&T=1
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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