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Lady Rabbits sweep City View 3-0
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won an important match against City View at home on Friday night.
The Lady Rabbits dominated in straight sets 3-0 against a Lady Mustang team that was hoping it could challenge Bowie for the second spot in the district standings with a win.
Bowie bounced back after an unexpected loss to Henrietta by beating Jacksboro, but City View was the team sitting one game back of the Lady Rabbits. City View had won four of its six district wins by taking matches to five sets, including a win in the first round against Henrietta.
A win against Bowie would have set up a scenario where the teams might have had to have a play-in for the second seed if things worked out like they did in the first round the rest of the way.
Early on it looked like the Lady Mustangs came to play as they took an early 7-3 lead. Bowie then flipped the script and went on an 11-4 run to take a 14-11 lead. From there, the Lady Rabbits took over even more, eventually winning the set with little drama 25-16.
The second set proved to be more competitive. The biggest lead early on was Bowie getting a three-point lead up 14-11, but the Lady Mustangs came back to cut the lead to 18-17.
From there the Lady Rabbits closed out the set strong, winning seven of the next nine points to win the set 25-19 and take a 2-0 lead.
The third set saw no let down from Bowie as it quickly grew a lead to 11-4. City View never recovered, with only several points from the Lady Mustangs near the end allowing the final score to seem closer than it was as Bowie won 25-19 and the match 3-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.
Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.
“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”
Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.
In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.
Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.
In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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