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Bowie JH volleyball teams compete at home tourney
The Bowie Junior High volleyball teams hosted their own tournament this past weekend with a successful second place finish from the eighth grade A team.
The older team opened the tournament with an easy two set win against Alvord by 25-14, 25-17. Carson Matlock powered the offense with 5 ace serves and 6 kills. BJ Mills added another 6 ace serves and Neely Price provided 5.
In game two, the Lady Rabbits topped the Nocona Lady Indians 25-10, 25-10, with 4 ace serves and 3 kills from Price, 4 ace serves from Julia Witt and 4 kills and 1 ace serve from Matlock.
The Lady Rabbits faced the Holliday Lady Eagles in the championship game, where they were defeated 20-25, 18-25, despite 1 kill and one ace from Price, 1 kill each from Mills and Peyton Clark, 1 block from Matlock and a dig from Rylie Vieth.
Despite the loss, Coach Jaimie Hickey was proud of the improvement the team showed from their matchup with Holliday the previous Monday.
“The girls showed a lot of enthusiasm throughout the day,” said Hickey. “We were excited to match up against Holliday again for the championship and although we lost, we showed improvement from our game against them Monday. We will face them one more time in a few weeks, and it’s sure to be an exciting game.”
The 7A team also opened Saturday’s competition with a two-set win against Alvord by scores of 25-20, 25-18. The team was topped in the second match against Jacksboro 9-25, 14-25, and lost in two to Holliday 17-, 12-25 for the last game of the day.
A combination B team competed in the tournament for Bowie, topping Bryson in three sets by 25-15, 12-25, 15-9. The offense was powered with 3 ace serves each from Haley Webb, Breanna Goodwin and Libby Roumillat.
The Lady Rabbits combo team was defeated by the Paradise Lady Panthers in two sets, 11-25, 13-15, with 1 ace serve each from Webb and Ella Richey.
The Bowie team also competed against Nocona. The Lady Indians topped the Lady Rabbits 20-25, 16-25, with 1 ace serve each from Roumillat, Kenzie Short, Allie Parr and Maycie Metzler.
“I am proud of the girls for finishing fifth in the tournament and for the improvements they have made,” said Bowie Lady Rabbits Coach Shawnda Rasco. “Thank you to all the parents and fans who came out, worked, brought food and snacks and who supported us.”
To see full results and stats from the tournament, 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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