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STORM CENTER: Dane’s recovery is ‘miraculous’

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9 years ago

07/18/2014

On the road to recovery in health, every moment is cherished.
That’s how it was last week when a physical therapist asked 11-year-old Dane Lancaster a series of questions. One of the questions the therapist asked Dane was this.
Therapist: “What’s the color of your horse, Rudy?”
Dane: “Brown.”
At that moment on July 11, Dane began talking and he pointed to his father, Diran, and said, “Dad.” Then he looked at his mother, Kelly, and said, “Mom.”
“We were floored,” Dr. Diran Lancaster said. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the place when it happened.”
Dane is currently undergoing rehabilitation at Our Children’s House at Baylor, which is located in Dallas. The facility is part of the Baylor Health Care System.
Our Children’s House is a licensed pediatric hospital where “care is comprehensive and healing is fun,” according to the facility’s website. Children from infancy to 18 years old receive various modalities for developmental or birth disorders, severe illnesses and traumatic injuries such as Dane’s.
Diran Lancaster said Dane is now sometimes speaking in complete sentences.
“He’s made remarkable improvement,” Diran said. “He can walk and stand with minimal issues. He still has some issues with balance.” Read more from this column in the weekend Bowie News.

Dane Lancaster (left) shares a moment with his horse “Rudy” earlier this month. Rudy visited Dane at Our Children’s House of Baylor in Dallas. Lancaster is making tremendous health strides from a rodeo accident he had on May 24 at a Future Stars event in Shawnee, Okla. (Photo courtesy Prayers for Dane Lancaster Facebook page)

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Jackrabbit golfers struggle at Abilene

Published

3 days ago

03/25/2023

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By Jordan Neal
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie boys golf team competed at the Diamondback National Golf Course in Abilene for a big tournament on Monday.
Coach Matthew Miller did not report what place the team got, but indicated the tournament was both big and deep of players and schools from bigger schools than the team usually competes with.
The team’s total was not its best, but it was not far off what it has been shooting, but for this tournament that was not enough to finish as high as it usually does.
Cy Egenbacher led the team shooting 80. Zac Harris was one shot behind shooting 87. Rayder Mann and Andrew Sandhoff rounded off the team’s scoring shooting 87 and 89 for a 337 total.
Hunter Fluitt shot 106 for the team, but it did not count towards it.
Hunter Lea competed as an individual and ended up shooting 85.
Miller thought his players had trouble stringing good holes together.
The bump in the competition has hopefully prepared the team for the district tournament next week. The Bowie Lady Rabbits team spent time at the district course this week instead of competing in a tournament.
It is scheduled for a two-day tournament on March 29-30 at River Creek Golf Course in Burkburnett.

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Bowie boys, girls compete at different track meets

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3 days ago

03/25/2023

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By Jordan Neal
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie track teams went to two different meets this week with the boys going to Jacksboro and the girls competing at City View.
The Bowie boy’s team finished fourth overall while the Lady Rabbits team standing was not shared.
The Jackrabbits changed meets to Wednesday to allow any powerlifting boys the chance to compete since five were going to the state meet and it would have conflicted with Thursday’s original meet at City View.
Bowie came away with two first place finishes.
For the Lady Rabbits competing at City View, Neely Price and Amylee Valdez had the best individual finishes.

Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.

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Bowie Jackrabbits’ baseball takes district win against Vernon in final two innings

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3 days ago

03/25/2023

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By Jordan Neal
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie Jackrabbit baseball team came on in the fifth and sixth innings to steal the win from Vernon at home on Tuesday night.
The Jackrabbits scored six runs in their final two innings to pull ahead 7-5 against the Lions.
Bowie came into the game following a disappointing loss to Iowa Park the previous week which meant it was at 1-1 in district play so far. Vernon came into the game with two losses against Jacksboro and Holliday, the Lions had only lost to the reigning district champ Eagles 2-1 with Cross Durham on the mound.
Vernon started him on Tuesday and Bowie answered with freshman Edmond DeLeon, who despite his age has been the best pitcher this season for the Jackrabbits.
DeLeon got off to a rough start in the opening inning. The Lions loaded the bases after a single and two walks with one out. Next batter hit a double to left field that scored two runs to put Vernon up 2-0.
DeLeon had runners at third and second, but struck out the next batter and induced an infield pop out to shortstop for out three to limit the damage.