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Lady Rabbits lose opening district game at Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits fell in their opening district game at Holliday on Friday night.
The Lady Eagles won 55-30 against a Lady Rabbits team who is starting district in not the best health.
Bowie’s top ball handler and scorer Ziba Robbins is out for the foreseeable future with an injury and its top post scorer Kayleigh Crow is working her way back from a leg injury. While Crow played on Friday night, she did not start and her time on the court was limited.
Playing a Holliday team that graduated almost all of its key figures from last year’s state title, the Lady Eagles are still considered one of the top teams in the district even if they aren’t favored to win it this season.
Holliday showed it in the first quarter, getting out to a 19-5 lead as Bowie was trying to figure out how best to attack. The Lady Eagles showed multiple looks on defense that never allowed the Lady Rabbits to get comfortable while scoring at will in the first quarter.
Thankfully, Bowie started to play better.
The Lady Rabbits have had trouble in some games this season with scoring at a good pace even at full strength. Thankfully, Parker Riddle stepped up in this game, scoring eight of the team’s 12 points in the second quarter.
Bowie outscored Holliday 12-11 in the second quarter, which didn’t make up the big hole the Lady Rabbits were in, but showed the team they could play with and compete against the Lady Eagles.
Bowie outplayed Holliday again in an ugly, low-scoring third quarter, one in which the Lady Rabbits outscored them 5-4. Again, not enough to make up the double-digit deficit, but proving to Bowie players it can play winning basketball against one of the top teams in the district.
The Lady Eagles found success early in the fourth quarter by knocking down four 3-pointers as they increased their lead. While the Lady Rabbits could not keep up with that type of scoring, it was their most balanced quarter of the game as four different players made one field goal.
Holliday won 55-30.
Riddle led the team with 10 points while Hanna Bell was second with eight points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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