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Volleyball Roundup

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Bowie
The Lady Rabbits played at Ponder on Tuesday night, where things did not fall their way.
Ponder won in straight sets as Bowie was fighting through some injuries.
The first set went to extra points, but Ponder just found a way to pull off the win 27-25. The second set did not go the Lady Rabbits way at all as Ponder won 25-14 to go up by two sets. Bowie needed to win the next set to keep the match going. It was another close struggle, but Ponder ended up pulling out the win in the end 25-23 to win the match.
Landra Parr had 8 kills and 12 assists to lead the team. Abby Zamzow also had 8 kills, tagged on 11 assists and led the team with 3 aces. Maddie Baker led the team with 17 digs. Bowie next plays at 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 at Peaster.

Saint Jo
The Lady Panthers were on the road Tuesday night at Electra and had to fight through a slow start to get the win.
Saint Jo won 3-1, having to deal with an opening set where they did not look like themselves.
Facing an injury issue coming into the game with one of their starters out, the Lady Panthers were still trying to figure things out in the first set after an hour and half bus ride. Electra got ahead and won the first set by a comfortable margin 25-15.
The second set was close. Electra was looking to take a two set lead and really put Saint Jo in a bind, but the Lady Panthers battled back. They pulled out the close win 26-24 to tie the match at one set each.
The next two sets were close, but Saint Jo was able to pull out wins in both 25-21 and 25-20 to win overall 3-1.
Charity Brawner had a 95 percent serve receive rate and led the team with 5 kills. Maddie Ogden also led the team with 5 kills and Kaitline Harris led the team with 11 assists. Saint Jo next plays at 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 at Wichita Christian.

Prairie Valley
It was too big a hole to climb out of for the Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday night as they play at Northside.
Prairie Valley lost the match in a criminally close fifth set after coming back from two sets. The Lady Bulldogs dropped the first two sets 25-17 and 25-20. Realizing they were in for a fight to get back into the game, Prairie Valley jumped out to great starts. They won the next two sets by big margins 25-15 and 25-13, utilizing some of the 18 aces they had for the match to get free points to pull ahead and demoralize Northside from coming back.
With the game tied and the Lady Bulldogs riding a wave of momentum, it looked like they would be able to dig their way out of the hole they dug.
Unfortunately, Northside got up on Prairie Valley, leading by six points in the shortened fifth set. They fought back, but came up just short as Northside won by the slimmest of margin 15-13 to win the match.
Sydni Messer led the team with 6 kills, Emily Carpenter had 11 assists, Hailey Winkler had 22 digs and Shelby Roof led the team with 4 aces. Prairie Valley next plays at 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 at Alvord.

Gold-Burg
The Lady Bears could not find a way to get it done Tuesday night at home against Perrin Whitt.
Gold-Burg lost in straight sets 3-0. After losing the first set 25-18, the Lady Bears got into a rhythm and played well in the second set. They came up just short of winning the set as they lost 25-23 to go down two sets. After that, Perrin Whitt closed the door as they won the third set 25-14 to win the match. Gold-Burg next plays at 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 at home against Electra.

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District awards for 1A released

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Bellevue’s Bryce Ramsey was named his district’s newcomer of the year.

With the baseball and softball seasons over for the area 1A schools, district awards have been released.
Listed below are those earned honors on the field and in the classroom for Saint Jo and Bellevue.

Softball
Saint Jo
Honorable mention

Utility player: Taylor Patrick; Catcher: Jordyn O’Neal

Baseball
Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Devin Stewart, Saint Jo
Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue

Pitcher: Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Jayden Curry, Saint Jo

Second team
Pitcher: Charlie Barclay, Saint Jo
Infielder: Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; Sam Martin, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Rylan Forrester, Saint Jo
Catcher: Charlie Evans, Saint Jo
Utility: Logan Hoover, Saint Jo
DH: Amzy Barclay, Saint Jo

Honorable mention
Cody Gaston, Saint Jo; Xander Joyner, Saint Jo

To see academic awards from Saint Jo players, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Forestburg coach retiring

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Forestburg boys basketball coach Eldon Van Hooser helped lead the program to its first playoff win in nine years in his last year coaching.

Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie Sports Banquet

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.

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