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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started the second round of district at home Tuesday against City View.
Needing to win every game before heading into their rematch against Holliday next week, the Lady Indians took care of business against the Lady Mustangs, beating them in straight sets.
While they easily won the first set 25-10, City View made it a struggle for Nocona in the final two sets. The scores ended up being a bit closer than expected as the Lady Indians won 25-19 and 25-22.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 12 kills and 11 digs. Rachel Patrick was right behind with 11 kills while Trystin Fenoglio led the team with 29 assists. Laramie Hayes had a team high five blocks and tied Kleinhans with 11 digs.
Nocona will play Henrietta at noon on Oct. 13 at home. They play at Holliday on Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs went up against district powerhouse Windthorst on Tuesday at home.
While they gave everything they could, it was not enough to steal a set off the Lady Trojans as Prairie Valley lost 25-10, 25-13, 25-9.
Kincaid Johnson and Shelby Roof led the Lady Bulldogs with five kills each. Sydni Messer led the team with six assists while Emily Carpenter had a team high 10 digs and two blocks.
Prairie Valley will get tested again against Archer City as they play at 10 a.m. on Oct. 13 on the road.
Saint Jo
It was a struggle for the Saint Jo Lady Panthers on Tuesday as they played at Lindsay.
Facing a 2A team that has yet to lose a game in district and has beaten several bigger schools, the Lady Panthers had their work cut out for them. Saint Jo did their best, but could not steal a set or make the girls from Lindsay sweat too much as they lost 25-10, 25-12, 25-7.
The Lady Panthers next play Collinsville at 5 p.m. on Oct. 16 on the road.
Gold-Burg
It was always going to be a tough game for the Gold-Burg Lady Bears as they hosted district power Archer City on Tuesday.
Hoping to replicate their first matchup that saw them make the Lady Cats sweat a little bit in a few sets, the Lady Bears just wanted to compete with them. Archer City came out and never let their foot off the gas as they won each set in a one-sided fashion 25-8, 25-1, 25-5.
Gold-Burg next plays at 10 a.m. on Oct. 13 on the road.
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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