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Basketball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg
The Prairie Valley basketball teams picked up wins against Forestburg on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won 59-39 while the Bulldogs won 68-40 against the Longhorn teams.
In the girl’s game, Prairie Valley started off fast, going up 14-2. Foul trouble hurt the Lady Bulldogs as Forestburg players, specifically Allie Ciseneros, drew tons of free throw attempts.
Forestburg was chasing Prairie Valley all game after the first quarter and while the team scored well, just struggled to keep up with the Lady Bulldogs hot shooting from 3-point range as they made 13 in the game.
The Lady Horns cut it to five points at one point, but foul trouble and limited depth meant they finished the game with only four players.
Prairie Valley stayed poised and was able to use that to its advantage as it ended up winning by double-digits 59-39.
Makaylee Gomez had a season high 30 points for the Lady Bulldogs as she made eight 3-pointers. Carmen Gomez scored 12 points and passed out 10 assists. Linzie Priddy joined the sisters in double-digits with 11 points.
For Forestburg, Cisneros scored a season high 28 points, with 13 points coming at the free throw line as she went 13-15. Madisen Deason was second with eight points, but blocked three shots. Rachel Allen grabbed a team high eight rebounds.
In the boy’s game, it was a similar story as Prairie Valley came out hot up 31-5 after the first quarter which is the most it has scored in any quarter.
The Bulldogs were using their defensive pressure and hustle to get offensive rebounds to make up for a not so great night shooting the ball.
The Longhorns eventually got things going and played more competitively, but the score was out of reach for a chance to come back as Prairie Valley won 68-40.
Tyler Winkler led the Bulldogs with 26 points and eight steals. Tyson Easterling put up a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Dakota Fore nearly joined him scoring nine points and grabbing nine rebounds.
For Forestburg, Jesus Sanchez led the team with 20 points while Jesse Wadsworth was second with nine points. Nathan Payne and Angel Cruz each grabbed a team high seven rebounds.
Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won easily at Bellevue on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers won 63-27 against the young Lady Eagles.
Saint Jo used its pressure defense to push the tempo and play fast like it likes to do to race out to a one-side win. Lady Panther Coach Daniel Lindenborn thought the team did a good job of cutting down on fouling so much, which has been an issue he has addressed in practice.
No coaches from Saint Jo or Bellevue responded about the boy’s game, but the score recorded on Maxpreps says the Panthers won 60-32.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost a tough one at state-ranked Slidell on Tuesday night.
The Lady Greyhounds won 59-34 against the Lady Bears, but despite the score Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought there were many positive things to take away.
Sierra Weaver along with Shadie and Sadie Whitaker each had seven points to lead the team.
The Gold-Burg boy’s coach did not get back with any information about the game, but the score on Maxpreps was reported to be 86-27 in favor of Slidell.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
At Prairie Valley, Mark Smith was hired a month ago to be the new girl’s athletic coach.
The previous coach abruptly resigned near the beginning of the basketball season which meant athletic director Seth Stephens was in the tough situation of coaching both boys’ and girls’ basketball teams in the same season.
Smith comes to Prairie Valley after teaching math for the last six years at charter school International Leadership High School in Grand Prairie.
His previous coaching experience before that came at schools of various sizes like 6A Byron Nelson as an assistant, 4A Lake Worth as a head coach, 2A Itasca as a head coach and 1A Advantage Academy in Waxahachie as a head coach. He started at 4A Kennedale and Spruce as an assistant.
Stephens said Smith impressed him and the administration with his emphasis on taking a program wide approach to coaching and trying to get girls to compete in as many things as possible.
“He has quite a bit of experience coaching,” Stephens said. “We thought with his personality, the way he wants to commit to not just focusing on one sport. He’s real calm and somebody we were looking for who could come in and give us some stability and consistency.”
Smith was attracted to the job since his daughter is about to enter the 10th grade and her previous school was starting to pressure athletes to start specializing.
Smith graduated from 1A high school Whiteface and wanted the small school experience for his daughter.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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.
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