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The Lady Rabbits finish second at tournament in Lubbock
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a good showing in their second tournament last week.
The Lady Rabbits went 3-1, losing only in the championship game to finish second overall at Roosevelt’s Cottonfield Classic in Lubbock.
Bowie first played 2A school Hale Center. It was a close game in the first half as the Lady Rabbits led by only two points. Bowie made adjustments on defense to limit the Lady Owls in the third quarter and ended up winning 59-50.
Laney Segura led the team with 17 points, Parker Riddle had 12 points and Payton Holt scored 11 points.
Bowie next played 3A school Lubbock Roosevelt. It was a close game as the Lady Rabbits trailed at halftime. Bowie made some defensive adjustments in the second half and was able to win 43-34. Hanna Bell led the team with 12 points and Segura was second with nine points.
The Lady Rabbits played 2A school New Deal on Friday. Bowie trailed after a low-scoring first half, but again were able to make some adjustments to give it a push in the third quarter to get the lead. The Lady Rabbits were then able to hold onto that lead in the fourth quarter and won 40-32.
Riddle led the team with nine points while Laney Enlow and Bell each had eight points.
The win put Bowie into the championship game on Saturday where it played 3A school Coahoma. The Lady Rabbits had trouble scoring in the first half and fell behind by double-digits. Second half adjustments led to a different third quarter for Bowie once again.
Unfortunately it was not enough to catch back up. The Lady Rabbits ran out of time in the fourth quarter and lost 37-30. Riddle led the team with 11 points while Segura was second with nine.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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