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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Gold-Burg begins grid season at Winston
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Typically, high school football teams have plenty of film of their opponents and can make decisions based off what they see.
But, Gold-Burg head coach Jay Johnson admitted he hasn’t seen much from Winston School, which is located in Dallas.
“It’s not a good feeling,” admitted Johnson, heading into his first game at the helm of the Bears. “All we can do is prepare our offense, and just run our stuff.”
The game is set for 7 p.m. on Friday in Murphy.
It’s the start of three straight road games for Gold-Burg.
Johnson said he’s hoping the Bears can implement a ball-control running game this Friday night to help them win. On defense, look for Gold-Burg to mix up man and zone coverage out of a base 2-3 defense.
Winston School is in the same boat as Gold-Burg, starting over with a new coach. Chris Borth takes over for departed coach Mark Hambrick.
Spread back Noah Velasco is expected to be the focal point of Winston’s offense. Christopher Lane is the Eagles’ most talented player on defense, at linebacker. Anthony Beres gives Winston a special teams threat at kicker and punter. Read more in the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.
A Gold-Burg running back fights for extra yardage during Friday’s scrimmage against Lakeland of Lewisville. The Bears scored twice during the live quarter, including when James Cantwell passed to Kasen Allen for a touchdown. Click on the photo for the complete image. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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