SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians crushed Gainesville on the road Friday night.
The first set spanking of 25-3 allowed Coach Tiffany Clay to sit and rest some of her starters the rest of the game as everyone on the team gained some valuable playing time against the overmatched Lady Leopards.
The final two sets were not quite as dominant, but Nocona still won easily 25-13 and 25-11.
Averee Kleinhans had eight kills, Trystin Fenoglio had 17 assists, Rachel Patrick had 10 digs and Brooke O’Neal had six aces to lead the team.
The Lady Indians next game is the beginning of district play as they play City View at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 22 on the road.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers ran into a buzz saw at home on Friday night as they played state ranked Lindsay.
Featuring a tall front row and powerful hitters, the Lady Panthers had their work cut out for them. Saint Jo trailed 12-8, but it quickly grew to 19-11. The Lady Panthers did close the gap to 20-15, but the Lady Knights pulled away to win 25-16.
The next set saw Saint Jo fall behind early 15-5 and they never did recover as Lindsay won 25-12. The third set was not any better as they trailed 14-6 and eventually lost 25-10.
Charity Brawner led the team with three blocks that scored and Hanhah Reyling led the team with two kills.
The Lady Panthers have started district off 0-2 so far. They next play Collinsville at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 at home.
Gold-Burg
Right after facing one district power, the Gold-Burg Lady Bears had to go play at Archer City on Saturday.
Gold-Burg did lose in straight sets to the state ranked Lady Cats, but two of the sets were much closer than anticipated. The first set the Lady Bears lost 25-14 and the second set was not close 25-5.
The third set was uncomfortably close for the confident team from Archer City as Gold-Burg played them to the very end, coming up just short of stealing the set as they lost 25-23.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was proud how her girls played considering it was early Saturday morning after her team had cheered at the football game the night before.
The Lady Bears are 0-3 to start district and next play at 10 a.m. on Sept. 22 at Harrold.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs traveled to state ranked power Windthorst on Friday and did their best to compete with them.
Featuring size that dwarfed Prairie Valley’s, the Lady Trojans won in straight sets and by comfortable margins 25-13, 25-8, 25-7.
Sydni Messer and Kincaid Johnson led the team with three kills each while Hailey Winkler led the team with 14 digs. Emily Carpenter led her team with seven assists and one block.
The Lady Bulldogs are 0-2 in district and next play Electra at 10 a.m. on Sept. 22 on the road.
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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