SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs took care of business against Electra at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs not only won in straight sets 3-0, but won in a dominant fashion with scores of 25-12, 25-11 and 25-11.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 20 kills and two blocks while Veronica Gutierrez had 24 assists. Brianna Harris and Karagan Ritchie added five kills apiece while Harris collected one block.
Seniors Hailey Winkler and Molly Gilleland collected a combined 33 digs and were singled out for their good passing that helped spark the offense.
The Lady Bulldogs travel to Bryson to play at 10 a.m. on July 17.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians did what they needed to do to pick up a straight sets win at Breckenridge on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Buckaroos, but the match was closer than expected.
Nocona won with scores 25-20, 25-13 and 25-22. Coach Tanya Samples thought her team could have played less sloppy, but was proud they got the win.
As of Thursday, the Lady Indians are in a three-way tie for first place in the district with Holliday and Henrietta. Nocona beat the Lady Bearcats, but Henrietta recently gave the Lady Eagles their first loss in district.
With two of their last three games played against those teams, the Lady Indians will have to be on point at this point of the season. The one game that is not against those teams is at rival Bowie at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 20.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers at least can say they played their final 2A opponent this season when they traveled to Poolville on Tuesday.
Besides a close second set, that was all the positive as the Lady Monarchs won in straight sets.
The Lady Panthers lost with scores 25-8, 25-21 and 25-9.
Coach Charlie Hamilton thought her team played well in the second set when things were clicking for her team. The other two sets saw the team struggle with serve-receive which put them in a bind they never recovered from.
The Lady Panthers final home game is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Oct. 20 against Graford.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns had trouble at 2A Lindsay on Tuesday night.
The Lady Knights won in straight sets with little trouble from the Lady Horns, with scores 25-5, 25-10 and 25-4.
Athena Britain and Faith Moore each had one kill. Katie Willett assisted on both kills. Rebeca Sanchez had eight digs in the back row. Bailey Payne and Kendal Cross each had one service ace.
Coach Cori Hayes tried to see the positive playing against the much bigger team. He thought the defense was coming along well.
Forestburg next hosts Perrin-Whitt at 5 p.m. on Oct. 20.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost at Bryson on Tuesday night.
The Cowgirls won in straight sets, but the Lady Bears did not just roll over for them.
Gold-Burg competed well, but just could not grasp control of any of the sets after falling behind with scores 25-16, 25-14 and 25-18.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her girls fought hard and gave it their all, but it was not enough against one of the district favorites.
Gold-Burg next plays at Harrold at 5 p.m. on Oct. 20.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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