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Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Saint Jo
County teams Prairie Valley and Saint Jo played each other on Friday night in a rematch from last year’s tussle in the regional quarterfinals.
The Lady Panthers might have come out on top last year, but it was the Lady Bulldogs who found some sort redemption by winning at home 3-1.
The first set saw Prairie Valley win with a comfortable margin 25-16. The second set was much closer, but the Lady Bulldogs were able to win 25-22 to go up 2-0.
Saint Jo was able to rebound and win the third set 25-20 to avoid losing in straight sets.
Unfortunately for the Lady Panthers, Prairie Valley did not give Saint Jo any chance to think about forcing a fifth set. The Lady Bulldogs got up early and did not let go as they won 25-10 to win the match.
Prairie Valley’s Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 19 assists, Emily Carpenter led the team with 15 kills and Hailey Winkler led the team with 24 digs.
The Lady Bulldogs Coach Jeannie Carpenter was worried her girls would get in their own heads trying to get revenge, but instead her team pulled together its best game of the season.
Saint Jo Coach Charlie Hamilton did not have a lot to say about the game other than her team did not play well.
Prairie Valley next plays at Wichita Christian at 5 p.m. on Aug. 30 before traveling to Gold-Burg on Aug. 31 to play in its final tournament. The Lady Panthers next travel to Chico and will play at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 30.
Forestburg vs Gold-Burg
Gold-Burg played its second county opponent of the week on Friday as it traveled to Forestburg, taking on Saint Jo at home earlier in the week.
The Lady Bears would end up winning 3-1, but the Lady Horns made them work for it in most sets.
The first set was close, but Gold-Burg made the plays at the end to win 25-22. Forestburg won the second set that was equally as close 25-21 to tie the match up at one set apiece.
The Lady Bears made the push to win the third set 25-22 before wrapping the match up with a big 25-14 four set win.
Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh liked how her team looked in the win, especially on the road.
Despite the loss, Forestburg Coach Cori Hayes liked the competitiveness he saw from his team.
Katie Williett led the team with eight kills and added six assists. Katelyn Park had a team high 11 assists while Athena Britain had a team high eight aces and 11 digs. Bailey Payne also had a team high 11 digs.
The Lady Bears will host its tournament on Aug. 31 all day while the Lady Horns next host Savoy at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 30.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.
Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.
The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.
To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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