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BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT NEWS: Bowie girls set for Lady Elk Tourney
The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team will continue tournament action this week, traveling to the Burleson Lady Elk Tournament.
The Lady Rabbits are set to take on El Paso Jefferson at 3 p.m. on Thursday. The game will take place in the auxiliary gymnasium.
Bowie will take on host Burleson at 7:30 p.m. in the arena gymnasium.
On Friday, Bowie plays Mansfield Legacy at 3 p.m. and then Dallas South Oak Cliff at 6 p.m. on the same day.
On Saturday, based on how the Lady Rabbits perform, they will be seeded.
The fifth seeds will play in the auxiliary gymnasium at 11 a.m., while the third seeds will play at the same time in the arena.
The second seeds will play in the arena gymnasium at 12:30 p.m., and the fourth seeds will play in the auxiliary gymnasium at the same time.
The top seeds from each pool will play at 2 p.m. in the main arena.
Seeding will be based on record, head-to-head games and point differential.
Halftime will be eight minutes and pre-game warm-ups will last 10 minutes.
The Lady Elk Basketball Booster Club will provide a concession stand. Trophies will be given to the top-six teams and there will be 16 all-tournament trophies.
There will be T-shirts for sale, and a hospitality room will be provided.
For information on ticket prices, call Burleson High School at 1-817-245-0000. Read more on other weekend tournaments in the mid-week Bowie News in print or with your electronic subscription.
Henslee Ogle (14), shown here during the Fantasy of Lights, and the rest of the Bowie girls basketball team will play in the Lady Elk Tournament this weekend in Burleson. Click on the image for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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.
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 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th 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 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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