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Prairie Valley vs Bellevue
The Prairie Valley boys hosted Bellevue on Tuesday night for the start of the second round of district play.
The Bulldogs were able to get a measure of revenge since they lost to the Eagles in the first round, winning 68-53.
William Winkler led the team with 18 points while Nicholas Bell and Carter Lemon each scored 16.
Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens thought the key to the game was how well his defense played.
“We didn’t shoot great, but I thought we really got after it defensively for most of the game,” Stephens said. “Very proud of our team effort on defense. We also played with really great energy.”
The Bulldogs forced the action by pressing Bellevue, something Stephens felt worked good in the first game. This allowed the game to be much like a track meet and the score to be as high as it was.
The win is Prairie Valley’s second of district play. They hope it is the start of a different second round for them as they lost several close games in the first round they hope they can pull out.
Saint Jo vs Forestburg
The second round of the Saint Jo and Forestburg rivalry played out on Tuesday in Saint Jo with the results being similar to what has come this season.
The Panthers beat the Longhorns 78-53 as Saint Jo kept itself in the running for a bid at the district title while Forestburg searches for its first district win.
Despite the big margin, the game was more competitive than the first game. Like the first game, the Panthers came out aggressive early and were able to establish a big lead.
Also Saint Jo was making perimeter shots, something that is not always clicking every night for them so the outcome of the game seemed in hand.
Brock Durham had a game high 23 points and Blake Anderson was right behind him with 19 points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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