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Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits traveled to Celina to play the Lady Bobcats in their final non-district game.
Celina easily beat the Lady Rabbits in straight sets, with set scores of 25-12, 25-11 and 25-14.
Coach Breanna Jones felt her team could not get into much of a rhythm thanks to the Lady Bobcats size in the middle and the tempo of their offense.
“Our communication dropped and we just could not overcome their size,” Jones said.
Bowie kicks off district play against a likely playoff team at Henrietta. The Lady Rabbits will play at noon on Sept. 28.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs gave Windthorst all they could handle Saturday morning at home.
The Lady Bulldogs not only took a set off the perennial playoff competitors from 2A, they almost forced a fifth set. The Lady Trojans ultimately won 3-1.
The bigger team that is used to having its way with any 1A competition in the district, Windthorst played like it by winning the first set in dominating fashion 25-11.
Prairie Valley knew they could only play better and competed well in the second set. Neither team could get much of a lead and it went down to the wire where the Lady Bulldogs won 25-23 to tie the match up at 1-1.
Unfortunately, Prairie Valley could not parlay that play into the third set. The Lady Trojans gained a big lead and won comfortably 25-13 to go up 2-1, hoping the second set would be just a blip in concentration.
The Lady Bulldogs were not done though as the fourth set was competitive from the beginning. Again, neither team was able to get much of a lead. Prairie Valley needed to win the set if it wanted to force a fifth set and chance to win. Unfortunately, Windthorst was able to pull out the narrow win 25-23 this time to win the match.
Prairie Valley next plays Electra at home on Sept. 28 at 11 a.m.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers played at 2A Lindsay on Friday afternoon in their second district game.
The Lady Knights won in straight sets against the Lady Panthers in a game Charlie Hamilton did not feel was the teams best.
Lindsay won with one-sided scores of 25-9, 25-12 and 25-13. Saint Jo knew district would be tough with the onslaught of 2A teams, but Hamilton knows they have the talent to at least play with most of the bigger schools.
The Lady Panthers next play at Collinsville at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 27.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears hosted Archer City on Saturday morning in a district game.
The Lady Cats beat the Lady Bears in straight sets with scores of 25-13, 25-14 and 25-12.
Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh liked what she saw from her team competing against the bigger 2A opponent.
“The girls fought hard and hustled like crazy against a really tough team that is really big at the net, especially their middle blocker,” Cromleigh said. “I’m proud of my team. They don’t back down and we are scrappy.”
Gold-Burg next hosts Harrold at 10 a.m. on Sept. 28.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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