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Bowie basketball teams win at Henrietta
Both Bowie basketball teams were able to pick up important district wins at Henrietta on Friday night.
The Lady Rabbits won with little issue 62-31 against an overwhelmed Lady Cats team while the Rabbits again beat a good Bearcats’ team by double-digits 59-41.
The Bowie girls came into the game expecting to win against a Henrietta team with no district wins. Still, the Lady Rabbits could not afford to drop any games in order to keep its third place in the district standings. A dominant win would also keep up the good momentum the team has played with since entering district play.
Bowie started fast, pressuring the ball with a full-court press to really challenge the Lady Cat ball handlers. This led to some easy offense as the Lady Rabbits got out to an 18-6 lead after the first quarter.
Things weren’t much different in the second quarter as Bowie built its lead to a comfortable 34-13 at halftime.
Even with the press going from full to half court, the Lady Cats never really got going on offense in the second half. Bowie’s offense slowed down a tick with the defense being less aggressive, but still outscored Henrietta every quarter to continue to build its lead.
Bowie would win easily 62-31.
The boy’s game had a bit more stakes to it. Bowie could not afford to lose any game to try and stay or improve its second place in the district standings. Henrietta was coming off a disappointing loss at Nocona that had knocked them from playoff contention unless it could pull off some wins like beating the Jackrabbits the second time around.
Bowie came out of the gate well, shutting down the Bearcats on defense while making four 3-pointers in the first quarter to take a 14-2 lead. Henrietta recovered a bit in the second quarter scoring some baskets and earning free throw attempts.
Bowie was not having much luck offensively except for making 3-pointers. The Jackrabbits made three more in the second quarter as it helped them keep their lead in good condition up 25-16 at halftime. The team was living off of its 3-point success, making seven in the first half while scoring only two regular field goals and shooting no free throws. Something needed to change.
The defense tightened up again in the third quarter for Bowie as the team kept Henrietta under double-digits. The Jackrabbits only did a little better on offense outscoring the Bearcats 12-9, but they had diversified their scoring a bit and drew a free throw attempt around the basket.
Bowie led 37-25 heading into the fourth quarter. The Jackrabbits closed the game well, with Cade Thompson drawing six free throws and the team making three more 3-pointers.
The team scored a game high 22 points to close the game which never allowed Henrietta to catch up. Bowie won 59-41.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
With baseball state tournament about to get under way this week, the district baseball honors were released for the district 10-2A which includes Nocona.
With the team missing the playoffs maybe the Indians were not as well represented as some other teams, but still some Nocona players were honored.
Wesley Murphey earned the highest honor as he was named second team all-district pitcher.
Fellow pitcher and brother Walker Murphey was named honorable mention along with outfielder Miguel Olivares and utility player Charlie Fuller.
To see photos of all four pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie BMX race park is hosting its busiest weekend of the year.
The park is scheduled to host three days of racing from June 10-12 with people from all over the state and even further expected to travel to Bowie to take part.
On June 10 is the Bob Warnicke scholarship race using single points format. Sign-ups start at 5 p.m. and go all the way up until races start at 7 p.m.
On June 11 is the Race for Life leukemia fundraiser and pro-am that will also be using single point format. Sign-ups start at 4 p.m. and will go until races start at 6 p.m.
June 12 is expected to be the busiest day as it will be at state championship qualifier races. Sign-ups begin at 9:30 a.m. and will go until 11 a.m. when the races will start.
Spectators are welcome to come free of charge with parking free as well. Concessions will be available for cold drinks to keep spectators hydrated and full.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
With the arrival of June comes increasing temperatures, camps galore for kids and for high school athletes making time to get ready for next school year.
For Bowie, incoming boy’s 7th-12th graders will practice Monday through Thursday starting June 12.
On Mondays and Wednesdays high school will do football skills and junior high athletes will do basketball drills from 7:30-8:30 a.m. They will switch on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Workouts will follow and go from 8:30-9:30 a.m. except on Tuesdays which will be before the skills at 6:30-7:30 a.m.
The Bowie girl workouts will start the same week for incoming 7th-12th graders. The workouts are scheduled every day for 7:30-8:30 a.m.
On Mondays and Wednesday’s, the high school girls will practice basketball and junior high volleyball from 8:30-9:30 a.m. On Tuesdays and Thursdays it will be reversed.
Bowie is expected to take the week of July 4th off to give athletes a break before ramping back up for the start of August.
For Nocona athletes, incoming 7th-12th grade boys and girls will start summer workouts on June 5. The workouts will be Monday through Thursday and go from 8-10:30 a.m.
They are scheduled to take the week of July 4th off and are expecting to take another week or two off at some point during the summer.
At Saint Jo, workouts start on June 5 and will be Monday through Thursday for incoming 7th-12th graders. The week of July 4th and the final week of July athletes will have off.
Every day strength and conditioning will go 8-9 a.m. On Monday through Wednesday, there will be an hour that follows for sport specific skill work. On Mondays and Wednesdays it will be football and volleyball. On Tuesdays it will be basketball.
At Prairie Valley, incoming junior high and high school athletes are scheduled to start summer workouts on June 6. Sessions will be from 8-11 a.m. and cover weight training, cardio training along with basketball and volleyball training.
Workouts will be Monday through Thursday. There will be a two week break in the middle with the last week of June and the first week of July athletes getting off.
For Forestburg, its incoming boy athletes have completed their first week of summer workouts this week. The girl athletes will join them at the beginning of next week on June 6.
They will go Monday through Thursday every week and also will take a break the week of July 4. Instead of the morning, workouts are scheduled for 6-8 p.m.
At Gold-Burg, some new coaches are expected to be hired but until then there are no plans for official summer workouts in the meantime.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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