SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started the second round of district on Tuesday with a win at City View.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets against the Lady Mustangs as Nocona got better as the match went along.
The first set was a back and forth affair from beginning until end, though the Lady Indians were in control and closed out the set well winning 25-22. Nocona won the next two sets with little drama with scores 25-17 and 25-12.
Taylor Newmon led the team with 10 kills. Skyler Smith had a team high 14 assistsand 13 digs. Karlee Brown led the team with five blocks and two service aces.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a close four-set match on the road at Petrolia Tuesday night.
The 2A Lady Pirates won by barely winning the fourth set to prevent the Lady Bulldogs from forcing a fifth and final set.
Prairie Valley lost the first two sets despite both being competitive 25-21 and 25-23. The Lady Bulldogs then came back to win the third set 25-21.
The fourth set then went back and forth before requiring extra points. Petrolia came out on top 28-26 to win the set and the match.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 21 kills and 23 digs. Veronica Gutierrez had a team high 34 assists.
Karagan Ritchie added nine kills and Brianna Harris added eight kills. Sara Horton led the team with four service aces.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost against 2A Archer City on Tuesday on the road.
The Lady Cats won in straight sets with scores 25-6, 25-8 and 25-4.
It is always tough to compete against, but there were outside reasons for the poor performance.
“We have been displaced once again for practices because they were putting our bleachers in,” Coach Cheryl Cromleigh said. “We were able to practice some at the Bowie Community Center but not every day. We also had our bye and hadn’t played a match since Sept. 28. Archer City is very good, but we were flat due in part to all of the adversity.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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 3rd 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 3rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10th 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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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