The Bowie Lady Rabbits played their first official game of the season at home on Monday night against Archer City, but it was more of a glorified scrimmage.
The Lady Rabbits took it to the Lady Cats, splitting their varsity teams up into two six-man teams and winning in straight sets against Archer City’s JV and varsity teams with ease.
Bowie Coach Ashley Sanders is still tweaking with her varsity roster and testing combinations.
To give everyone as much playing time as she could, she split the team so that there were no substitutions during each match.
The Lady Rabbits first group, consisting of returning seniors Ziba Robbins, Emily Cueva, Ella Richey and Gracie Duke while adding in new varsity players sophomores Rhyan Carle and Callie Curry.
It was a wash after the first five points in both sets the group played. Bowie won 16 of the last 18 points to win the first set 25-8.
The second set was similar with the Lady Rabbits winning 12 of the last 14 points to win 25-9.
The match against the Lady Cats varsity team featured the six players who did not play in the first match.
The group of returning seniors Olivia Gill and Melenie Cantu were joined by newcomer seniors Kinley Russell and Alli Par along with juniors Railey Martin and Hanna Bell.
While it was it was a bit more competitive than the first match, Bowie still easily won in the end.

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