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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had a happy senior night on Tuesday playing their final regular season match against Bellevue.
The Lady Panthers won 3-0 against the Lady Eagles to officially secure another district title.
Saint Jo came into the match with a lot of emotion. The team sports six seniors, with five who have been on varsity since freshman year and all six since sophomore year.
The Lady Panthers already had the district title wrapped up with no losses in the five previous matches.
Bellevue came into the match with nothing to lose in its final match of the season. The Lady Eagles are going to just miss the playoffs, but still were playing with pride as they nearly upset district runner-up Prairie Valley in the previous match in five sets. They were hoping they could push an unsuspecting, but sentimental Saint Jo team the same way.
The first set proved to be the most competitive. The Lady Panthers were playing all of their seniors at the start which mucked up their typical rotations, but they knew they could weather it.
Saint Jo slowly pulled away, but the Lady Eagles were able to score some points on the margins to make the final score 25-17.
After the first set, the Lady Panthers rotations were a bit more normal and they were more into the match. Good serves and net play allowed them to get out to a huge early lead 12-3 and Bellevue could not recover. Saint Jo won 25-12.
It was the same story in set three. The Lady Panthers led 14-6 and kept up that pace as they won 25-11 to secure the victory 3-0.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians officially wrapped up their co-district championship on Tuesday at Petrolia.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Pirates as they head into the playoffs on cloud nine.
Nocona was coming into the game off its biggest win of the season, beating Windthorst at home on senior night to tie the Lady Trojans at the top of the district standings. With the two teams going into different divisions in the playoffs, there would be no need for the teams to play again for the district title and first seed like they would in the past.
Still, for Nocona to get a gold ball for a shared district title, the Lady Indians would have to beat Petrolia.
Nocona took care of the Lady Pirates, with two of the sets being relatively competitive. The set scores were 25-18, 25-13 and 25-20.
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs had a happy senior night on Tuesday with a win against Forestburg.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets 3-0 to secure district runner-up while the Lady Horns finished third.
Prairie Valley had gotten a scare in its previous match at Bellevue, nearly letting the Lady Eagles come back as it went to five sets.
Forestburg was motivated because a win would set up a chance for a play-in game later this week for second place and a better playoff seed.
The Lady Bulldogs came to play and won the first two sets with relative ease 25-14 and 25-11. The Lady Horns made a good push in set three, but still Prairie Valley was able to close the set to win 25-20 and the match 3-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the Saint Jo and Bellevue match, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870234&T=1
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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