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57TH ANNUAL WHATABURGER TOURNAMENT: Bowie girls falter from field in loss to Wall

Published

11 years ago

12/30/2014

The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team matched up against Wall in this contest of two teams ranked in the top-20 of Conference 3A on Monday.
In the end, Wall proved to be just a little bit better than Bowie, winning this Whataburger Tournament of Champions game by a score of 53-50.
The Lady Rabbits dropped to 12-5 on the season. They played a consolation bracket first-round game against Crandall on Tuesday morning. Wall improved to 11-5.
Bowie didn’t help itself any with a slow start in the first quarter, generating only six points.
The Lady Rabbits bounced back to close within two points of Wall by intermission, 26-24. But, the Hawks once again claimed a three-possession lead by the end of three (39-32).
Three Bowie players scored in double figures, paced by Courtney Brady’s 18 points. Jordan Brightwell added 13 points, and Addy Cook. But, only five Lady Rabbits scored in all.

Monday’s Result
Whataburger Tournament
At Saginaw High School
North Fort Worth
Wall 53, Bowie 50
Score by Quarters
Bowie 6 18 8 18 – 50
Wall 13 13 13 14 – 53
Individual scorers: Brittney Pound, 6; Courtney Brady, 18; Logan McMurray, 3; Addy Cook, 10; Jordan Brightwell, 18.
Individual scorers, Wall: Kelsey Walling, 14; Allie Dierschke, 7; Sadie Brest, 12; Bobbi Chitsey, 12; Emmy Phillips, 4; Macy Gully, 4.
Additional statistics: Bowie made just 12-of-52 shots from the field, 23 percent. Wall canned 20-of-33 field goals (61 percent). Bowie made up for cold shooting from the floor by going 20-of-26 from the free-throw line (77 percent). Cook went 8-for-11 on field goals. Brady canned three 3-pointers, but the Lady Rabbits were 6-of-23 as a team from beyond the 3-point arc.
Record: Bowie, 12-5.
Next game: Bowie played Crandall in the first round of the consolation tournament at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

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Bowie’s Courtney Brady (10) works her way around a Jordan Brightwell screen during a Dec. 12 game against Decatur. Bowie lost to wall 53-50 Monday, but Brady was the game’s leading scorer with 18 points. (Bowie News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.

No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.

With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Willett, Richey off to State

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3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.

Tyler Richey finished 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.

Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

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3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.

The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.

Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.