SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won at City View on Friday night in straight sets.
The Lady Rabbits won despite the Lady Mustangs hanging in there for both the first and third sets. The set scores were 25-18, 25-14 and 25-19.
Neely Price led the team with 13 kills and was second with 14 assists. Caylin Johns, Olivia Gill and BJ Mills each had seven kills to add to the balanced attack. Maddie Mandela led the team with 15 assists while her and Mills each had a team high two service aces.
On defense Ziba Robbins led the team with two blocks while libero Taygon Jones had a team high 17 digs.
Bowie plays its final home game at 4 p.m. on Oct. 22 against Breckenridge.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost a tough one at home on Friday to state-ranked Holliday.
The Lady Eagles won in straight sets as the Lady Indians struggled to compete after a tight first set.
Nocona fell short 25-22 in the first set before losing sets two and three 25-11 and 25-8.
Megyn Meekins and Kelsee Harrington each four kills to lead the team. Skyler Smith had a team high eight assists. Stephanie Gutierrez and Harrington each had four blocks to lead the team while libero Makenna Nobile had a team high 14 digs.
Nocona is next scheduled to play at 4 p.m. on Oct. 22 at Henrietta.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost an important five-set match at Bryson on Saturday.
The Cowgirls came back from two sets down to win a disappointing match for the Lady Bulldogs.
Prairie Valley won the first two sets 25-23 and 25-21. Unfortunately, Bryson got things rolling in the third set and never stopped, winning the next three sets 25-15, 25-18 and 15-5.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 14 kills and 22 digs. Veronica Gutierrez had a team high 28 assists. Brianna Harris added eight kills and Karagan Ritchie added seven kills.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter was disappointed with the result, but is confident the loss will not prevent the team from reaching its potential.
Prairie Valley ends its regular season at 11 a.m. on Oct. 23 at home against Gold-Burg.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a close five-set match at home Friday against Graford.
The Lady Rabbits were barely able to come out on top in the final set to pull off the win in the Lady Rabbits final home game.
It was a back and forth match that went down to the wire in the final set. The set scores were 25-22, 24-26, 25-22, 16-25 and 14-16.Kayden Skidmore led the team with seven kills and seven service aces. Taylor Patrick had a team high 10 assists and Aubrey Morman had two blocks.
Coach Kelly Skidmore was only disappointed with the final result.
Saint Jo is next scheduled to play at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 at Perrin-Whitt.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough one at home against Electra on Saturday.
The Lady Tigers won in straight sets, but the Lady Bears were competitive in two of the three sets.
The set scores were 25-18, 25-13 and 25-20.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was disappointed with how her team executed in a match with importance to it.
The Lady Bears are next scheduled to play at 11 a.m. on Oct. 23 at Prairie Valley.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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