SPORTS
BOWIE ROUNDUP: Thompson to be feted Saturday
Former Bowie High School athlete James “Tommy” Thompson will be honored at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, at University Park Nursing Home in Wichita Falls.
The physical address is 4511 Coronado Avenue.
He will become an official member of Bowie’s Hall of Honor.
The ceremony was moved up from this coming summer to this weekend.
Thompson was a 1959 graduate of Bowie High School where he was a four-year starter on the 1959 state runner-up boys’ basketball squad. The Jackrabbits were also fourth in 1957.
Thompson played for fellow Bowie Hall of Honor member Bobby Brashear.
As a freshman, Thompson averaged 8.8 points per game. As a sophomore, his scoring average jumped to 16.3 points per contest and then 18.2 points per game as a junior.
Thompson averaged 27.7 points per game as a senior for Bowie, which finished with a 31-5 mark during the 1958-59 campaign. He paced the Jackrabbits to the crown in the Whataburger Tournament during the inaugural event back in the 1950s – named most valuable player. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
James Thompson was a standout basketball player for Southern Methodist University in Dallas and, before that, he starred at Bowie High School. Thompson was the first-ever tournament most valuable player at the Whataburger Tournament in Fort Worth, guiding the Jackrabbits to the inaugural title in 1958. Click on the image for the complete photo. (Courtesy photo from the Bowie Hall of Honor)
For the second year, Montague County All-Stars hosted its annual Fall Games at Saint Jo High School Oct. 21.
Representatives from nearly every county elementary and high school took part in the day-long event. Students with assorted disabilities learned how to play basketball in the morning and volleyball in the afternoon.
Helping teach the finer points of both games were players and coaches from all the area high schools. Individual skills such as passing, dribbling, and shooting were taught in one of the school’s gyms before athletes were broken up into teams and played timed games in the other gym.
Some of the younger athletes had issues with the ball dribbling and got hit in the nose. Eventually they all got the hang of it, one even getting a basket.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team had a tough first set against visiting Olney Oct. 16 but then turned things around in the final two games and cruised to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14) win.
The Lady Indians are now 4-2 in district with one match to go in the regular season Oct. 23 in Petrolia.
Kasi Castro opened the match with a Nocona ace. Paige Davis later followed with a kill to break serve and a single point for a 3-1 lead.
Kills by Sy Parker and Raylea Bowles helped keep Olney down. Leah Meekins’ single point put Nocona up 6-3. Castro’s five-point streak extended the lead to 13-7 with kills from Presley Weber and Parker keeping the drive alive.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
To close out the District 10-A season, Forestburg’s volleyball team traveled to Bellevue and posted a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) over the host Lady Eagles.
Forestburg tied for first place with Saint Jo and broke the deadlock Oct. 26 (see story, same section).
Brooklyn Shook’s ace put Bellevue up 1-0 in game one. Forestburg’s Lacie Shotwell’s three-point run later put the visitors up 5-2, Brenna Brailes extended the Lady ‘Horn lead to 7-3.
Single points by Landry Fluitt and Brylie Hager cut the lead to 7-8. Forestburg’s Addy Conway rolled off five straight points to extend the lead to 14-7. Mattie Broussard of Bellevue later cut the deficit to 11-14 with a three-point string. points from Madi Wadsworth and Presley Brown put Forestburg up 18-12.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
-
NEWS3 years agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS4 years agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS3 years agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
NEWS4 years agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS4 years ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
Show us something good9 years agoCountry music star children perform in Bowie
-
100th Birthday4 years agoLooking back at the 1958 Centennial edition of The Bowie News
-
NEWS3 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death