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Volleyball Roundup

Published

4 years ago

09/03/2022

Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians hosted Pottsboro at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians won a tight match against the Lady Cardinals in four sets.
Nocona was hoping to keep some good momentum going following a fourth place finish at its hosted tournament.
Each set was competitive as the Lady Indians won with scores 25-21, 20-25, 25-20 and 25-22. Skyler Smith led the way for Nocona with 20 kills in the match.
The Lady Indians are next scheduled to host Burkburnett at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 6.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers wrecked Savoy on Tuesday night at home.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against a Lady Cardinals team they just overpowered in every way.
With the set scores being 25-8, 25-2 and 25-13, Saint Jo was just miles better than Savoy that night.
The young team will look to keep that going with a 10 a.m. start to Sept. 3 game against Petrolia at home.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns won an easy home on Tuesday night against a young Ector team.
The Lady Horns won in straight sets with little trouble against the overwhelmed Lady Eagles.
Forestburg won with set scores being 25-15, 25-10 and 25-13 on the strength of its serving and net play.
Justynne Roller led the team with eight service aces. Reagan Ladewig had a team high five kills and Allie Cisneros had four digs.
Coach Kayla Firth liked how her team worked together and supported each other on the court.
The Lady Horns are next scheduled to play at 5 p.m. on Sept. 6 at Savoy.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a tough match on Tuesday at 2A Alvord.
Alvord won in straight sets against Prairie Valley with the set scores being 25-14, 25-12 and 25-18.
Despite facing a playoff 2A team, there were some highlights to note for Coach Amanda Aldriedge.
She felt Kai Cearley had several great sets to Linzie Priddy throughout the match that the team was able to rally behind instead of just laying down against the bigger team.
Prairie Valley is next scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Sept. 6 at Valley View.

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Norwood new Bowie boys hoop coach

Published

1 day ago

04/30/2026

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Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.

Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.

“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”

Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News

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Nocona softball falls to Archer City

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1 day ago

04/30/2026

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Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.

The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.

Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.

Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Lady Rabbits win bi-district

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1 day ago

04/30/2026

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Culture. It’s a beautiful word.

Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.

After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.

Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.