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BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT NEWS: Bowie boys open with Callisburg

Published

11 years ago

12/03/2014

The Bowie Athletic Booster Club is playing host to a high school boys’ basketball tournament starting this Thursday.
Bowie’s varsity will open play at 11:30 a.m. versus Callisburg. The Jackrabbit varsity plays once more Thursday at 7 p.m. against the Abilene Hawks.
On Friday, the Bowie varsity plays twice more at 1 p.m. against Iowa Park and then 7 p.m. versus Mineral Wells.
The Jackrabbit varsity takes on Krum for the second time this season at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Bowie defeated Krum 59-56 at the American Airlines Center on Nov. 24.
All of Bowie’s varsity and junior varsity games will take place in the main gymnasium.
The Bowie ninth-grade team will play in the Bowie Junior High main gymnasium.
Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 students. Only senior citizen and coaches’ passes will be accepted for the tournament.
All proceeds from this event benefit the Bowie Athletic Boosters, including concessions.
Here’s a list of games involving Bowie, at all levels.

Varsity
Games at Bowie High School, main gymnasium
Thursday
11:30 a.m., Callisburg vs. Bowie
7 p.m., Abilene Hawks vs. Bowie
Friday
1 p.m., Iowa Park vs. Bowie
7 p.m., Mineral Wells vs. Bowie
Saturday
11:30 a.m., Krum vs. Bowie

Junior Varsity
Thursday
8:30 a.m., Iowa Park vs. Bowie
2:30 p.m., Mineral Wells vs. Bowie
Friday
8:30 a.m., Krum vs. Bowie
2:30 p.m., Callisburg vs. Bowie

Ninth Grade
Games at Bowie Junior High, main gymnasium
Thursday
8:30 p.m., Mineral Wells vs. Bowie
Friday
8:30 p.m., Iowa Park vs. Bowie
4 p.m., Callisburg vs. Bowie

Bowie Jackrabbits. (Logo provided by the Bowie Independent School District)

SPORTS

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.

SPORTS

Willett, Richey off to State

Published

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

Published

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.