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Longhorns win third straight district game
The Forestburg Longhorns won their third straight district game on Tuesday with a win against Prairie Valley at home.
The Longhorns pulled away in the second half and won 52-38 against the youth filled Bulldogs team.
Forestburg was well rested coming off a bye game and before that beating Saint Jo to improve to 2-2.
Prairie Valley was coming off its first district win at Saint Jo, in which the Bulldogs came back to swing the game with a big fourth quarter.
The game started off competitively. Prairie Valley came out in a 1-3-1 defense that surprised the Longhorns. Forestburg early on showed its advantage in size in the post by gobbling up offensive rebounds for second and third chances, but only a few shots went in for the team in the first quarter.
The Bulldogs were running players off of picks to get open looks on the perimeter and tried to spread out the Longhorns defense, which started the game playing man-to-man. Prairie Valley got some good looks and in the first quarter knocked in a couple of 3-pointers and was able to drive to the basket for shots around the rim.
The Bulldogs led 12-9 heading into the second quarter.
Prairie Valley’s offense then stopped making shots. Despite getting some good looks, the shots were not going in. With Forestburg’s superiority rebounding the ball, trips were one and done as the Bulldogs scored only six points before halftime.
The Longhorns offense opened up and started getting everyone in on the action scoring the ball as five different players made at least one basket.
With Prairie Valley defenders doing a good job of chasing Forestburg off the 3-point line, Longhorn players settled for and made some mid-range shots.
That along with the continued dominance rebounding the ball allowed for some made baskets around the rim for Forestburg. The Longhorns scored 15 points and took the lead 24-18 into halftime.
The trouble continued for Prairie Valley in the third quarter. Forestburg was now playing zone, but pressuring more on the perimeter. With shots continuing to not fall for the Bulldogs, players were encouraged to try and drive to the basket, but baskets continued to be hard to come by. Prairie Valley only scored five points in the third quarter.
Forestburg’s offense continued to go, even if only three players scored in the quarter. The Longhorns did not have as much success scoring from the post, but made shots driving to the rim.
They scored 14 points and grew their lead to double-digits 38-23 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs were not going away though. Coming off a game where they came back in the final period thanks in part to a change in defense, Prairie Valley switched to a full-court press, man-to-man defense.
It seemed to reenergize the Bulldogs shooting as the team made four 3-pointers in the quarter.
Unfortunately for Prairie Valley, the pressure defense was a double-edged sword, allowing some easy points and looks for Forestburg when it was broken. The Longhorns had a plethora of good chances at the rim during the quarter. While the team did not convert all of them, Forestburg still kept pace with the hot shooting Bulldogs to not give up much of its lead.
The Longhorns held on to win 52-38.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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