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Volleyball Roundup

Published

5 years ago

09/22/2021

Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won an important game at Gold-Burg on Saturday.
Despite some starters dealing with injuries the Lady Bulldogs were able to win in straight sets against the Lady Bears.
Gold-Burg has zeroed in on Prairie Valley with the hopes to beat them and get a chance at a district title the last several years with the Lady Bulldogs having a hand in the last three years of district titles.
The Lady Bears were without a middle-blocker and down to seven players while Prairie Valley was just getting back its middle blocker Brianna Harris from injury while all-state outside hitter Emily Carpenter was laboring through a back injury.
The first set was going Gold-Burg’s way up 17-13, but the Lady Bulldogs came back to steal the set 25-22.
Prairie Valley then got out to a lead in the second set 15-5 and the Lady Bears could never recover. Gold-Burg did make a late run to build some momentum, but the Lady Bulldogs won 25-17 to take a 2-0.
The third set saw Prairie Valley build a narrow lead, but the Lady Bears did not allow it to get out of hand. The Lady Bulldogs led 21-19 down the stretch and then was able to close out the set and match strong 25-20.

Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won their first district game on Saturday at home against Jacksboro.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets against the Lady Tigers with the set scores 25-12, 25-22 and 25-14.
Cailyn Johns led the team with 10 kills. Neely Price was second with nine kills while leading the team with 18 assists and one block.
Taygon Jones led the team with 16 digs while she and Maddie Mandela each had three service aces.

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Breckenridge on Friday to close out homecoming week for them.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets with little trouble against the Lady Bucks. Nocona won with set scores 25-16, 25-11 and 25-19.
Skyler Smith led the team with seven kills to go with 11 assists. Megyn Meekins had a team high 15 assists to go with six kills and three aces.
Makenna Nobile had a team high 11 digs. Laney Yates and Kaygan Stone also each had three service aces.
The team’s next three game stretch is the toughest playing Holliday, Bowie and Henrietta all in a row. The Lady Indians

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost to Chico on Friday.
The Lady Dragons won in straight sets against the Lady Panthers, with set scores being 25-16, 25-18 and 25-12.
Aubrey Morman led the team with seven kills and three aces. Kayden Skidmore led the team with nine assists while Elaina Everson had seven digs.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost at Poolville on Friday.
The Lady Monarchs won in straight sets against the Lady Horns with set scores being 25-12, 25-12 and 25-15.
Rachel Allen, Kendall Cross each had two aces to lead the team. Bailey Payne, Faith Moore, Reagan Ladewig and Allen each had two kills.
Payne led the team with three assists while Moore had 12 digs.

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Bowie girls fall in bi-district match

Published

5 days ago

11/05/2026

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In its’ second consecutive playoff trip, Bowie’s volleyball team gave it a valiant effort against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy. The Eagles proved to be too much with an athletic frontcourt proving too much in a 3-0 win (25-20,25-21,25-18) Oct. 29 at Breckenridge High.

Bowie led midway though all three sets but the Eagles were able to come from behind and pull out the win.

The Eagles got out quickly with a 5-0 lead in the opener. The Lady Rabbits showed some gumption and stormed right back with a Taelyn Webb dink breaking serve. Junior Molly Enlow rolled off four points to knot the game at five. KP Rutherford’s kil kept the drive alive.

Olivia Stewart’s kill set the stage for Serenity Klump’s three-point string. Frontcourt work by Ellie Mowery and Stewart allowed Bowie to take a 10-9 lead. Bowie maintained the lead thanks to dinks by Abby Reneau and Stewart, which forced the Eagles into a timeout.

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Lady Panther V-Ball rolling on

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5 days ago

11/05/2026

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In its first playoff game of 2026, Saint Jo took control after a slow start and wound up cruising past Garner 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) in a Class A area round game Nov. 2.

The Lady Panthers will face Strawn, which swept Crowell in the area round, next. No further details were available as of press time.

The Lady Longhorns showed they were ready to play in the early going, getting out to a 9-4 lead in game one. Saint Jo broke serve and used a pair of Kamron Skidmore points, aided by Savannah Hill kills on both points to get within one.

Garner led by six midway through the set before Hill’s five-point serving run, helped along by a Skidmore kill to draw within 13-14. A Skidmore kill was followed by two Skidmore points, including an ace, to tie the game at 19.

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Several XC runners go to State

Published

5 days ago

11/05/2026

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Several county schools will have runners at the state cross country meet Nov. 7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.

Bowie, which qualified for regionals with a 3^rd place finish at the District 6-3A Meet, will have both Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater, who finished in the top 10 individually. Willett finished 3^rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10^th with a time of 16:51.60.

Other Rabbits competing were Hayden Cox with a time of 18:56.30, Hayden Sutton in 19:41.60, Taven Melton in 19:59.20. Coleman Holloway in 20:26.80and Jaxon Castro in 20:56.10.

The top 10 individuals and top four teams from each region qualify for State.

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