Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians traveled on Tuesday to take on Bridgeport, one of the top ranked teams in 4A.
The Lady Indians hung in there in a back and forth match with neither team able to put the other away. Unfortunately, the home team pulled out the win in the fifth set to send Nocona home a little put down, but also encouraged.
The Sissies came in with division I recruit Zoe Hall and tall Anna Strother. The Lady Indians knew they were going to give them issues all night with the team’s relative lack of elite height at the net.
Still, Nocona battled in a first set that could have gone either way. Some service errors from the Lady Indians cost them the set as Bridgeport won 26-24.
Nocona refocused and dominated set two to win 25-10 to tie the match. The Sissies wrestled back control by closing out the end of set three to win 25-18 to retake the lead.
The fourth set was another battle with neither team able to gain much of a lead. This time the Lady Indians were able to make the plays at the end to take the set 26-24 to force a fifth set.
Bridgeport grabbed control of the set and won 15-9 to take the match.
Averee Kleinhans led Nocona with 26 kills while adding 11 digs, three assists and two blocks. Ella Nunneley provided a good second option with 15 kills while setter Trystin Fenoglio had a season high of 50 assists to go along with a team high three aces.
On defense, libero Laramie Hayes led the team with 19 digs while middle blocker Jessica Dingler led the team with three blocks.
Nocona next plays Lindsay at home at 6 p.m. on Aug. 27 before they get ready for its hosted Buckle Up for Lane tournament next weekend.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs traveled to Chillicothe on Tuesday night and picked up a solid win against the Lady Eagles in straight sets.
The Lady Bulldogs had to work to win each set, but were able win each by a comfortable enough lead to not sweat things too much. Prairie Valley won 25-18, 25-19 and 25-2.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 12 kills with Shelby Roof right behind her with 10 kills. Veronica Gutierrez dished out 14 assists to lead the team while libero Hailey Winkler led the team with 10 digs.
Prairie Valley next plays Northside at 5 p.m. at home on Aug. 27.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns traveled to Perrin-Whitt on Tuesday and showed some good things to the Lady Pirates.
Unfortunately, the Lady Horns came up short as they lost in four sets.
Perrin-Whitt won the first set 25-13, but Forestburg came back to win a tightly contested second set 25-23 to show it was not playing around. The Lady Pirates tightened things up in sets three and four and took care of business to win 25-13 and 25-17 against the Lady Horns.
Keeleigh Burnam led the team with four kills and seven digs. Katie Willett led the team with five assists to go with her three kills. Athena Britain had a team high five aces to go along with two kills and five digs on defense.
Forestburg next plays at 5 p.m. at Bryson on Aug. 27.

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