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Lady Bulldogs fall to Valley View
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs fell short on Tuesday night while hosting 3A Valley View.
The bigger Lady Eagles were able to come out on top 3-1 in a match that easily could have gone the other way as almost every set was close throughout.
Prairie Valley came into the game at a disadvantage on the court with Valley View posing much more size at the net, but also off the court. Coach Mark Smith was absent due to a sickness and boy’s coach Seth Stephens had to step in.
Despite those things, the Lady Bulldogs battled in the first set. Neither team was able to build much of a lead throughout, though Prairie Valley seemed to the one in control.
Nearing the end of the set, the Lady Bulldogs built one of their biggest leads of the set up 23-19. Unfortunately, the Lady Eagles came back to not only tie the score up at 23-23, but eventually win in extra points 27-25 to take the 1-0 lead.
The second set saw Prairie Valley playing from behind the whole time. The Lady Bulldogs never got behind by more than four points, but was not in position near the end to try and steal it away unless something drastic happened like it did for Valley View the previous set. It didn’t and the Lady Eagles won 25-21 to go up 2-0.
Instead of hanging their heads and giving up, the Prairie Valley team stayed locked in and played the third set as competitive as the first two. Neither team was able to get much of a lead until the Lady Bulldogs built a three-point, 19-16 lead.
From there, Prairie Valley closed the set strong and won the biggest margin of the match 25-19 to cut the lead to 2-1.
The Lady Bulldogs carried that good momentum into the start of set four. Needing to win the set to force a fifth and final set, it looked on its way as Prairie Valley was up 11-6 early on in the set and riding the good times.
Unfortunately, Valley View came storming back and tied the score at 12-12 to make it another tough competition.
Shortly afterwards the Lady Eagles took control, leading 19-16. From there, Valley View closed out the set. The Lady Bulldogs could not mount any last second comeback as the Lady Eagles won the set 25-21 and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
A positive culture can be tough to install but will reap dividends if done correctly.
Trinadee Imotichey is trying to do just that with her Forestburg Lady Longhorns.
Imotichey, an assistant coach on the 2025 Forestburg volleyball team, was moved into the head coaching position. Last year’s coach, Cori Hayes, took over as football head coach.
Imotichey, in her 2nd year in Forestburg, said she learned a lot from Hayes and is ready to take over.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s summer softball league team overcame a 6-1 deficit with a six-run third inning for a 7-6 win over Bridgeport in its season opener July 6.
The league consists of teams from Bowie, Nocona, Lindsay, Bridgeport, and Alvord and will last three weeks. Bowie will host games each week.
Bowie pitcher Hazel Trahern gave up two singles and a groundout to put the Sissies on the board in the first. It would be the only hits she gave up in the game. Two groundouts and a strikeout got the Lady Rabbits out of the jam.
Bowie got the run back in the bottom of the first with Andee Jo Miller opening the frame with a walk and a stolen base. She then scored on Kynlee Baker’s groundout to tie the game at one.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Rest. Run. Repeat.
Sage Keck, an 8th grader at Montague, lives by this mantra. No ifs, ands and buts about it.
She’s been running since fourth grade PE classes where she would run a mile every week. After discovering she could outrun the other students, she began to enjoy it and continued doing it.
Her success continued, as she finished 2nd overall against more than 200 runners at the Old Saint Jo 5K July 4. In last weekend’s Texas Junior Olympics, she reached the pinnacle of her career so far by qualifying for the United States of America Track and Field (USATF) National Junior Olympics in Norwalk, Calif. in three events.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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