Bellevue had its first volleyball game on its home floor Sept. 15, taking on Garner.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a “grand” opening night as the Lady Longhorns took control from the opening serve and posted a 25-13, 25-11, 25-8 win.

Brylie Hager’s ace put the Lady Eagles up 2-1 in game one. It would be the only lead Bellevue would have in the opener with Garner breaking serve and then rolling of five straight points for a 7-2 lead. Emma Blaylock’s pair of points,. Blaylock had the only serving point of the game with help from kills from Karis Denson and Blaylock herself, cut the lead to two,

Brooklyn Shook’s point, which cut the deficit to 7-9, would be the last Bellevue serving point of the game. Kills from Denson and Blaylock broke serve but Garner’s frontcourt continued to cause Bellevue fits and ended game one.

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For the second straight match, Bowie stormed back after a loss and cruised to a 3-1 win over visiting Callisburg (21-25, 25-29, 25-20, 25-25-14).

A solid front court match for the Lady Rabbits helped close out the non-district portion of Bowie’s volleyball schedule. The Lady Rabbits looked for the three-game sweep, getting out to a good start in game one. Molly Enlow’s three-point string, with help from a KP Rutherford kill, put Bowie up 4-1. Callisburg led 9-8 before Bella Culwell’s scoring run put the hostesses up 11-9.

Both teams broke serve regularly to keep the game tight with Olivia Stewart, Rutherford, Taelyn Webb and Ellie Mowery doing the job up front for the Lady Rabbits. A Mowery kill and a pair of Enlow serving points gave Bowie a 21-19 lead.

It was all Lady ‘Cats from there as the game was served out to the dismay of the Lady Rabbits. The dismay didn’t last long as Enlow staked Bowie to a 4-0 lead in game two. Rutherford forced a Callisburg timeout with a point. Sophomore Gracelyn Russell’s two points and a Stewart kill put Bowie ahead 11-6.

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Nocona and Saint Jo both won last week with Gold-Burg taking a homefield loss.

Brief summaries of the games follow.

Saint Jo 60, Forestburg 14

The Panthers went to 2-2 overall with the Homecoming night win.

Forestburg Coach Cori Hayes said he was proud of his kids in the loss.

“Had some kids who continued to fight even when we were down,” Hayes said. “(We have) a lot of things to work on.”

Saint Jo Coach CJ Hantz said his squad continuing to improve in playing faster helped in the victory.

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