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Bowie Lady Rabbits start season
It was an up and down first two games for the Bowie Lady Rabbit volleyball team this week.
The team traveled to Archer City on Monday before playing Alvord in one of the few home games at the junior high gym this season since the high school gym floor is being repaired. The Lady Rabbits lost the first game, but easily won the second game the next night.
Against the Lady Cats, Bowie struggled. The first set did not go according to plan as Archer City won easily 25-15.
The Lady Rabbits settled down some and took it to the Lady Cats in the second set. Unfortunately, Archer City was ready for a battle. With the set going to extra points, the Lady Cats pulled off the win 27-25 to take a 2-0 lead.
Bowie would need a big comeback to win the match overall, but it was not in the cards that night. The Lady Rabbits lost the set 25-20and the match overall.
Thankfully the team did not have long to dwell on that game as the Lady Rabbits hosted Alvord on Tuesday. Despite experienced senior player Lexi Kirkham sitting out with shoulder issues, it was a different story from the night before.
Bowie started sharp and kept the pressure on the Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Rabbits were ahead by double digits at one point and ended up easily winning 25-16 in the first set.
The second set was the most competitive of the match. Neither team could pull away by more than two points for most of the set, with the lead constantly getting swapped back and forth.
In the end, with Bowie holding a 23-22 lead, the Lady Rabbits closed the set outright to win 25-22 to go up 2-0 and looking to make sure there would only be one more set in the match.
Right from the start, Bowie built a big lead 11-4 in the first 15 points, never letting Alvord mentally back into the match.
The Lady Bulldogs picked up some spare points as the set closed to an end to not make the final score look as bad, but the Lady Rabbits never threatened to fall apart as they won 25-18 to win the match in straight sets.
Bowie next hosts a dual against state power Boyd and Iowa Park at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 18.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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.
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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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