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Lady Rabbits struggle in losses to Holliday and Vernon
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a tough week with losses against Holliday and Vernon.
The Lady Rabbits to lost to the Lady Eagles 41-18 and at the Lady Lions 50-40.
Bowie came into the week hoping to snap a two-game losing streak and end the season on a good note with the playoffs still within reach.
The Lady Rabbits had lost a close game at Holliday the first two times the teams met. On Jan. 28, it was not as close of a game.
Bowie tried to not allow the Lady Eagles to get the ball inside to their big posts, but Holliday still found a little success and took the early lead because the Lady Rabbits struggled to score. The Lady Eagles led 8-3 after the first quarter.
Holliday found more success getting the ball inside despite Bowie’s best efforts and was able to play off of that as the Lady Eagles offense found some rhythm and made two 3-pointers. The Lady Rabbits offense continued to struggle against Holliday’s zone defense.
Bowie trailed 21-9 heading into halftime.
The Lady Rabbits had dealt with Holliday’s halfcourt pressure well all game, but as the game went along and Bowie got more desperate, turnovers started to happen. The Lady Eagles lead continued to grow as the game went on.
Holliday won 41-18.
Laney Segura led the team with six points while Parker Riddle was second with five points. Laney Enlow grabbed a team high six rebounds.
The Lady Rabbits knew they did not play well against Holliday, but knew they could hang with any team in the district on any given night.
Bowie tried to keep that in mind as it traveled to Vernon on Friday night.
The first time the teams played saw the Lady Rabbits lost 48-40.
The first half was a stalemate as the teams were tied at 14-14 after the first quarter and 22-22 at halftime.
The third quarter saw the Lady Lions defense force a bunch of turnovers which allowed them to get the lead 35-28.
Despite Bowie scoring better in the fourth quarter, the Lady Rabbits could not get enough stops on defense to make up the lead.
Vernon won 50-40.
Segura led the team with nine points while Enlow was second with eight points. Hanna Bell grabbed a team high six rebounds and had three assists to go with seven points.
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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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