SPORTS
Prairie Valley beats Forestburg
The first county volleyball teams to square off this season in a real game happened on Tuesday when Forestburg traveled to Prairie Valley.
The experience of the Lady Bulldogs paid off as they beat the younger Lady Horns team in straight sets.
Prairie Valley got out to an early 8-2 lead. Forestburg was able to come back with some good serving and solid defense to get within one point at 13-12.
From there, the Lady Bulldogs pulled away and were able to keep the Lady Horns at bay with some strong net play to win the first set 25-19.
The second set was similar to the first as Prairie Valley again got out to a big lead early with a 9-1 lead thanks to some good serving and strong hitting at the net. Regrouping after a called timeout, Forestburg was able to close the gap to 12-8 after going on a 7-3 run.
Unfortunately for the Lady Horns, the Lady Bulldogs were able to keep them from getting any closer. Prairie Valley slowly pulled away for the rest of the set on its way to winning the second set by 10 points, 25-10, in the most one sided set of the match to go up 2-0.
Forestburg needed to win the third set to extend the game if it wanted a chance to win. The Lady Bulldogs had another strong start with a 7-3 lead. The Lady Horns were not going to wait around and went on a 9-5 run to tie the game up at 12-12.
From there, Prairie Valley was able to get everything going as it went on a 9-2 run to open up the lead to 21-14. Forestburg made one last gasp as it closed the score to 22-18, but in the end the Lady Bulldogs were able to close out the third set 25-20 and win the match.
Both teams play at 5 p.m. on Aug. 20 with Prairie Valley playing in Chillocothe and Forestburg at Perrin-Whitt.
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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