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Lady Rabbits stomp Mineral Wells
The Bowie Lady Rabbits made a good showing on Tuesday night at home by beating Mineral Wells with ease.
The Lady Rabbits won 51-39 against the Lady Rams, leading from the start with only little dips in energy that allowed Mineral Wells to cut into the lead a little bit.
The Lady Rams had only one loss on their schedule before Tuesday’s game and had beaten three of Bowie’s district teams early in its season so far.
Bowie had last played a week previously at its hosted Gayno Shelton Hoopin’ into the Holidays tournament before the holiday break. Despite expecting some rust after the long layoff, the team started off the game hot.
The Lady Rabbits led 12-2 at one point in the first quarter, carving up Mineral Well’s zone defense in all different ways while not giving the Lady Rams easy looks to score. Mineral Wells scored two baskets against most of Bowie’s bench to cut the lead to 12-6 heading into the second quarter.
Mineral Wells played much better in the next period, scoring 10 points against the Lady Rabbits ever shifting defense. Bowie is changing up its defensive strategy this season by never staying in any one look for too long before switching.
This can cause issues early in the season as players are not used to having to constantly change defensive looks, especially with the team featuring so many new players to varsity.
Offensively, the Lady Rabbits drew 10 free throws in the quarter alone, but only made four. Bowie scored 11 points and led 23-16 at halftime.
The third quarter saw the Lady Rabbits play well. The Lady Rams were only getting scoring out of one player during the period, who scored eight points.
Bowie had its best offensive quarter of the game, scoring 20 points. Laney Enolow and Parker Riddle each scored six points to lead the team during the quarter as the Lady Rabbits broke the game open and led 47-25 heading in the fourth quarter.
It was not the best finish to a game for Bowie. The Lady Rabbits failed to score double-digit points for the only time in the final period, finishing with eight points in the fourth quarter.
Mineral Wells on offense made a good push as the team made three 3-pointers and scored 15 points.
It was not enough to make Bowie sweat at all. The Lady Rabbits were able to coast to the end, holding onto the ball late to run some time off as they won 51-39.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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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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