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STORM CENTER: Fantasy of Lights in timeline form
The first-year Bowie News sports editor covered the 34th annual Fantasy of Lights Tournament, a basketball cornucopia, on Saturday throughout the day.
The Fantasy of Lights was the brainchild of the late John Seddon back in the early-1980s as a fundraiser for the Southwest Kiwanis Club.
Seddon loved basketball, and his passion has spread to others such as Carmen Lozipone, Terry Shelton and Brent Spray – today’s tournament caretakers.
After the Southwest Kiwanis Club disbanded, Seddon approached the Retired School Teacher Association about maintaining the tournament, and they did.
This information was culled from: www.fantasyoflights.org.
Overall, our area teams fared quite well at the tournament.
The Bowie girls and Bellevue boys were runner-ups in the large school girls’ and small school boys’ divisions, respectively.
Nocona’s boys placed fourth in the small school boys’ division, and Bellevue’s girls won two games and earned ninth-place in a 12-team field.
There were 15 teams in the large school girls’ division, so what the Lady Rabbits accomplished last weekend was certainly remarkable. Bowie was the smallest school in the large school girls’ bracket.
There were 12 schools in the small school boys’ division. We had two teams finish among the best. That’s what I like to see.
I ultimately decided to cover Saturday’s games, rather than go both days. I figured it would be better to cram all the basketball I could handle in one day. See the complete timeline 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.
Bowie’s Courtney Brady (left) and Kamryn Cantwell were named to the Fantasy of Lights Tournament team last Saturday at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on the Midwestern State University campus in Wichita Falls. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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