SPORTS
Bowie JV rallies, tops WF Hirschi
By BLAKE WOOD
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The Bowie High School junior varsity team opened the 2014 football season against Hirschi at Jackrabbit Stadium on Thursday.
After enduring a slow start, the team rallied in the second half to take the season opener 34-20.
“The players could’ve given up, but they didn’t,” Bowie head coach Dylan Stark said. “I was proud of the team and how they bounced back. We have to take care of the ball better and we are working on tackling every week.”
Stark said the players made solid adjustments all game long, and that contributed to the win.
The first quarter was a defensive battle, and neither team was able to put up points.
The Jackrabbits offense made a few costly mistakes in the second quarter as the ball was stripped and recovered by the Hirschi defense twice. The Huskies also intercepted a Bowie pass, which resulted in a Huskies touchdown.
Bowie’s comeback began late in the second as Rylan Dorman caught a pass from Jeffery Howard from 25 yards out for the score.
Bowie’s Jeffery Howard works his way upfield on a kickoff return during the second quarter of Thursday’s junior varsity game at Jackrabbit Stadium. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Bowie’s Nathan Rodgers signed his letter of intent to run cross country and track at Ranger College.
The senior, who is the son of Ryan and Jessica Rodgers, has spent the past three years running on the varsity cross country team as one of its top runners. He helped the team win the district title in 2020 and has helped the Jackrabbits to team district runner-up finishes in 2021 and 2022.
While running in the regional meet the past three years, Rodgers had his best finish this past fall at 32nd.
Rodgers also played varsity basketball his senior year and helped the Jackrabbits make it to the regional quarterfinals.
“Ranger offered me quite a good deal,” Rodgers said. “The coach is a good one who will develop me and make me better. I already met some of my teammates so we already have that bond. All around it was just a good college.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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