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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians had to dig deep on Friday as they traveled to Henrietta.
Facing a feisty Lady Cats team that pushed them to the edge, the Lady Indians survived to win the five set battle late.
Still suffering the affects of losing libero Laramie Hayes, Nocona did its best to step up its play at the net to try and help the defense out.
The Lady Indians won the first set 25-20, but the size from Henrietta swung momentum the other way in the second and third sets, losing both 25-21.
Down 12-7 in the fourth set and on the brink of letting the match slip away, Nocona banded together to not only come back in the set, but win with room to spare 25-17.
Feeding off the momentum from the fourth set, the fifth set was never close as the Lady Indians won 15-5.
Nocona finishes the season on the road as it makes the long trip to Childress at noon on Oct. 29 before traveling to Bowie on Oct. 29 to end the regular season.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs hosted a tough Archer City team on Saturday morning.
The bigger Lady Cats won easily in straight sets after a tightly contested first set. The set scores were 25-22, 25-17 and 25-11.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 10 kills while Shelby Roof had eight herself. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 12 assists while libero Hailey Winkler had 24 digs.
Prairie Valley hosts fellow 1A team Harrold at 10 a.m. on Oct. 26.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns hosted 2A Valley View on Friday.
The Lady Eagles were able to win pretty easily though the Lady Horns did show some fight in the second set. The final set scores were 25-7, 25-17 and 25-7.
Katie Willett led the team with four kills and seven digs. Rebeca Sanchez also had seven digs while Katelyn Park led the team with four assists. Athena Britain had a team high two aces.
With a playoff berth guaranteed for Forestburg, Coach Cori Hayes wants his girls playing at their best when they come around.
While the losses against the 2A schools pile up, it will hopefully make the Lady Horns ready when it is win or go home time.
Forestburg hosts county rival and fellow 1A team Saint Jo at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 25.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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