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HOOPS IN THE HEARTLAND: All of Saturday’s finals are here

Published

11 years ago

12/06/2014

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Bowie Tournament

At Bowie

Bowie 53, Krum 45 (overtime)

Bowie Record: 7-0

Forestburg Tournament

At Forestburg

Muenster Sacred Heart 45, Forestburg 42

Forestburg Record: 5-4

Clay County Tournament

At Petrolia

Wichita Falls Heat 86, Gold-Burg 30

Petrolia JV 44, Gold-Burg 34

Records: Gold-Burg 0-7

Perrin-Whitt Tournament

At Perrin

Prairie Valley 55, Mineral Wells Christian Academy 47

Prairie Valley Record: 3-3

Red River Shootout

At Burneyville, Okla.

Saint Jo 41, Thackerville, Okla. 38

Saint Jo Record: 4-5

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lady Elk Tournament

At Burleson

Bowie 58, Keller Fossil Ridge 57

Bowie record: 9-4

Forestburg Tournament

At Forestburg

Muenster Sacred Heart 44, Forestburg 32

Forestburg Record: 6-5

Clay County Tournament

At Petrolia

Bryson 54, Gold-Burg 10 (Gold-Burg playing as a JV in tournament)

Bellevue 50, Wichita Falls Rider JV 49

Records: Gold-Burg 0-5; Bellevue 4-7

Red River Shootout

At Burneyville, Okla.

Saint Jo 40, Thackerville, Okla. 16

Saint Jo Record: 2-8

For the Love of the Game Tournament

At Sadler

Nocona 67, Collinsville 27

Nocona Record: 2-5

Perrin-Whitt Tournament

At Perrin

Graford 51, Prairie Valley 24

Prairie Valley Record: 4-5

Junior High Basketball

Montague girls win own tournament, boys take second. No additional information reported.

Jeffery Howard (right) looks for an open teammate while defended by a Krum player during the Bowie Tournament on Saturday. Howard finished with 22 points, including four 3-pointers and a spotless 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Bowie won all five of its games at the event, which started Thursday. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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.

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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.