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STORM CENTER COLUMN: Boxell marks off milestone win
Bowie High School second-year head boys’ basketball coach Doug Boxell experienced a milestone on Thursday at the Decatur Tournament.
Boxell earned his 700th win as the Jackrabbits defeated Azle 54-35.
It has been a remarkable journey for Boxell, and it all started with his first career win while coaching Santo back in 1985.
“I’ve been in long enough to coach a lot of good kids,” Boxell said. “Good things have happened, and I’m thankful.”
Longevity and success have gone hand-in-hand for Boxell.
Under Boxell’s tutelage, the Jackrabbits are 8-2 as they continued play at the Decatur Tournament on Friday.
Boxell said he didn’t want to single out any one of his former players, citing that he’s enjoyed coaching all of them.
This has been quite the week for Boxell, who coached against his son, Zach, for the second time in as many years this past Tuesday as the Jackrabbits played Conference 3A No. 1 Brock.
Basketball is a family sport for the Boxells.
Layne Boxell, another one of Doug’s sons, is the head boys’ basketball coach at Tatum. Lance Boxell is the head girls’ basketball coach at Lovejoy in Lucas.
Isaiah Boxell is currently serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Eastern Nazarene College, which is located in Quincy, Mass.
Boxell’s wife, Jeananne, can be seen on the sidelines of every single Bowie game working with the statistics program on an Apple-based device. Read the remainder of this column in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Brock High School head boys’ basketball coach Zach Boxell (left) and Bowie head coach Doug Boxell, Zach’s father, take time out for a photo during Tuesday’s non-district game between the Eagles and Jackrabbits at BHS gymnasium. Doug coached Zach to a state championship while the pair were at Santo in 1990. Click on the image for the complete photo. (News photo by Blake Wood)
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Montague school 8th grader Sage Keck had a tremendous week in California at the USATF National Junior Olympics.
Keck qualified in three events there: the 800-meters, the 1,500-meters and the 3,000-meters over a five-day period. Keck opened by running in the 800-meter prelims, which she admits is her least favorite race. She admitted being “fresh and excited” for her first race and showed it by qualifying for the finals with a top 8 overall finish with a time of 2:21.76.
On July 30, she ran in the 1,500 prelims. Keck said she was seeded 12th out of the 16 competitors but wound up qualifying for the finals with a fourth- place finish in 4:48.38.
“I was just happy over that,” Keck said.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team has opened the 2026 Fall season with a 2-1 record.
On July 31, the Rabbits beat host Decatur, 13-6. In girl’s singles, Bowie’s Willow Seibert won 8-2 with Peyton Goodwin falling 3-8. Jessi Mayfield won 9-8 (7-5) with Maddie Schwarz falling 8-9, (6-7)/. Angeles Alvarez won 8-5 with Avedi Deweber losing 8-5.
In girl’s doubles, Alvarez and Mayfield lost 8-6. Schwarz and Goodwin won 8-2 with Deweber and Avery Bonham losing 8-5.
In boy’s singles, Jordan Mayes won 8-4 with Nolan Bailey winning 8-2 for the Rabbits as did Xander Jones over his opponent. Casyn Fraser suffered a 5-8 loss with Jake Atteberry winning 8-3.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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