SPORTS
Bowie survives bi-district
The Bowie Lady Rabbits played in the bi-district round of the playoffs on Monday against Tolar at Mineral Wells High School.
It took a big effort, but the Lady Rabbits were able to squeak by with a win in five sets to the Lady Rattlers.
While sets 1-3 were one-sided wins by their teams, the final two sets went down to the wire.
Bowie jumped out to a steady lead in the first set. While Tolar had some size at the net, it was not anything the Lady Rabbits could not work around.
Bowie was up 9-5 when its best outside hitter, Aslyn Davis, went down with some sort of leg injury. She limped off the court into the locker room.
Coach Breanna Jones had to tweak her rotation. The Lady Rabbits were able to keep their lead, but the Lady Rattlers were slowly gaining on them, cutting the lead to 16-14.
Davis emerged from the locker room limp-free and checked back in. From there Bowie won nine of the next 11 points as it closed out the set authoritatively, winning 25-16.
The second set started out more competitively. The teams traded little leads, with the Lady Rabbits up 11-9 when things started to go south.
While Tolar played solid, it was a combination of self inflicted points that started to spiral the set away. The Lady Rattlers won the next five straight points to go up 14-11. Bowie closed ground trailing 16-14, but then things went bad.
Multiple double hit violations were called on players. The offense stagnated as serve-receive struggled. Tolar ended the set on a 9-3 run to win the second set easily 25-17 to tie the match up.
Hoping to bounce back from the end of the previous set, Bowie started set three on a strong note. The Lady Rabbits built a 13-7 lead, but five straight points from the Lady Rattlers closed the gap fast to 13-12.
It proved to only be a little hiccup as Bowie quickly pulled away again to 17-13.
The Lady Rabbits again were able to close the set out with good offensive execution, winning the third set by a comfortable margin 25-17 to take a 2-1 lead.
The fourth set was close in the opening 20 points with the teams tied at 10-10. Bowie took a 14-11 lead and held firm to that lead almost until the end. With match point at 24-23, Tolar dug deep and won the next three points to win the set 26-24.
This forced a fifth and final set to 15 points. The teams played the first 12 points even, tied 6-6. The Lady Rabbits won two straight points and did not relinquish the lead.
The Lady Rattlers closed the lead to 13-12, but Bowie won the next two points to win the set 15-12 and the match 3-2.
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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