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Lady Eagles face-off against Bowie
The Montague Lady Eagles came to Bowie on Tuesday and won against both the seventh and eighth grade A teams.
The Lady Eagles won against the seventh grade team in straight sets while the match against the eighth grade team went to three sets.
The first set the seventh grade Lady Cottontails initially hung with Montague.
Eventually the Lady Eagles took control serving as Railey Martin finished out the final seven points for Montague to win 25-12.
The second set was more competitive early on with the score locked at 10-10. After that though, the Lady Eagles took control going on a 9-1 run. Bowie could not answer back as Montague won 25-16 to win the match.
The match against the Lady Cottontails eighth grade team was a bit more competitive. Bowie was in control from the beginning of the first set up 7-3. The Lady Eagles closed to within two points 11-9, but the Lady Cottontails extended their lead to a commanding 21-14 lead.
Montague stormed back to cut the lead to 24-21, but it looked like Bowie was going to close out the set. Miracoulosly, the Lady Eagles came back to tie the set at 25-25.
From there it was back and forth for the next nine points as both teams had a chance at set point, but neither could go up by two points.
In the end it did not matter. Montague won the set 30-29 since junior high rules do not allow sets to continue past that score.
The second set saw the Lady Cottontails again get out to a big lead early up 8-2. The Lady Eagles again came back to cut the score within two points 11-9.
From there Bowie won nine of the next 10 points thanks to Cailyn Johns powerful serves to go up 20-10.
The Lady Cottontails did not allow Montague to come back this time as they won the set 25-14 to force a third and final set.
There was no dramatic ending to the match. The Lady Eagles Ava Johnson got hot from the service line and helped Montague win 10 straight points that powered the team to win 15-4 in the third set to win the match.
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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