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Volleyball Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won the consolation title in the gold bracket of the Dublin tournament last weekend.
The Lady Panthers went 5-2 officially during the tournament.
Saint Jo first beat Eastland in pool play 25-19 and 25-13. The match against Hico was tougher as both sets went down to the wire, but the Lady Panthers won both 27-25 and 26-24.
The third match against Eastland saw Saint Jo have a bad first set losing 25-13 before bouncing back to win sets two and three 25-23 and 25-15.
The final match the Lady Panthers agreed to forfeit since they had already won the pool and were three hours from home, giving them their only loss of the day.
In the gold bracket, Saint Jo fell to Hawley in a tough three set match (21-25, 25-12, 23-25). That sent the Lady Panthers to the consolation side of the bracket where they beat Dublin in three sets (23-25, 25-18, 25-16) and won a rematch against Hico (25-22, 23-25, 25-17).
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears finished second at the Wichita Christian tournament last weekend.
The Lady Bears went 5-1 overall, losing only to the tournament hosts.
In pool play Gold-Burg beat the Olney JV (25-7, 25-20) the Hirchi JV (25-3, 25-6) and the Wichita Christian JV ( 25-12, 25-17).
In bracket play on Saturday the Lady Bears started playing some varsity teams, but the results were the same.
Gold-Burg beat Hirchi (25-23, 25-17) and beat Olney (25-16, 25-21) to reach the championship game against the tournament host.
Unfortunately, the Wichita Christian varsity team was better that day, winning 25-11 and 25-18.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost a tough one at Chillicothe on Saturday morning.
The Lady Dragons won in four sets against the Lady Horns.
Forestburg won the first set in a close one that went to extra points 26-24. Unfortunately, Chillicothe controlled the next three sets, winning 25-17, 25-15 and 25-13.
Logan Ladewig led the team with five aces while Reagan Ladewig and Rachel Allen each had three blocks to lead the team.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough match against former district opponent Harrold on Friday.
The Lady Hornets won in straight sets against the Lady Bulldogs.
The big hitters and strong net play from Harrold proved too much for Prairie Valley’s back row defense.
All three sets saw the Lady Hornets lead grow a little bit as the set went on until they pulled away in the middle part of the set to win comfortably with scores being 25-15, 25-12 and 25-15.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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