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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played in their first scrimmage last week at Sulphur Springs.
The Lady Indians went 4-2 overall after three days of playing.
Nocona first played against Greenville. The Lady Lions won both sets by the narrowest margin to win 2-0.
The Lady Indians bounced back the next game, easily beating Hughes Springs in both sets to win 2-0.
The second day saw Nocona first play Sulphur Bluff. The Lady Indians easily won both sets to win 2-0 before facing their toughest test against the tournament host.
It was the first match Nocona played in the tournament that went to three sets.
The Lady Indians won the first set 25-22 before the Lady Cats came back to win set two 25-18. The third set was the closest, with Nocona pulling out the win 26-24 to secure the match 2-1.
On the third and final day, the Lady Indians suffered a close loss to North Lamar. Both sets were competitive, but the Lady Panthers won in straight sets 2-0.
The final game of the tournament was against Prairieland. The first set went down to the wire, but Nocona won 26-24. The Lady Indians wrapped up the match in set two 25-20 to win the match 2-0.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers first tournament was at Whitesboro on Thursday and Saturday last week.
The Lady Panthers went 3-3 during the tournament, playing schools that are almost all bigger than them.
Saint Jo first played the tournament host and lost a tough match 2-1, with the third set being as close as it could have been.
Playing 4A Van Alstyne next, the Lady Panthers struggled to compete as they lost in straight sets 2-0.
Saint Jo ended the first day on top, winning against Pilot Point in straight sets 2-0.
The closing set went down to the wire which the Lady Panthers were able to win by the smallest margin.
The start of day two saw Saint Jo easily dispatch Leonard in straights sets 2-0 to get its tournament record back to even. That was right before Ponder sent the Lady Panthers back down, winning commandingly in straight sets 2-0.
Saint Jo ended the tournament by playing the Whitesboro JV team. The Lady Panthers, after competing well against the school’s varsity team, easily beat the JV team in straights sets 2-0 so they could go home with a 3-3 record.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a tough first tournament at Burkburnett last week.
The Lady Rabbits went 1-4 as they are still trying to lock in roster spots and rotation after playing only one game before the tournament.
Playing schools like 5A Arlington Heights, 3A Childress and state-ranked 2A and 1A schools Windthorst and Harrold, Bowie had a good look at a lot of different levels of early season volleyball.
The Lady Rabbits could not find a win against those teams, but got the win against Seymour to go home with a victory.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs played their first game of the season at home against Chillicothe on Thursday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Eagles.
The team has an experienced senior core that recovered from early season trouble last season to end up finishing second in district and winning a playoff game.
With that in mind there are big expectations for this group to try and pick up where they left off.
Prairie Valley was the better team from the beginning and played like it in each set, winning by scores 25-13, 25-9 and 25-12.
Montague
The Montague Lady Eagles traveled to Bellevue for their first game of the season and came away victorious with the set scores 25-18 and 25-10.
Almost half of the Lady Eagles’ points came from aces as Maddie Travis and Sage Keck led with five aces each and Brylee and Lynlee Coffman each served up four. Travis and Lynlee led with four kills each while Brylee had five assists.
Montague is next scheduled to play at 4 p.m. on Aug. 29 against Wichita Christian.
Missing scores
The news is missing scores from Forestburg’s game late last week against Sacred Heart and Gold-Burg’s tournament results at Benjamin. Bellevue did not play late last week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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