SPORTS

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Forestburg girls win in a romp

Published

11 years ago

01/14/2015

By BLAKE WOOD
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Both the Forestburg High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams bounced back from losses to Slidell earlier last week with convincing victories over Gold-Burg on Friday.
The girls opened the evening’s events. The Lady Horns had an impressive showing, trouncing Gold-Burg 80-8.
“We had a good game,” said Forestburg coach Rosana Barbosa. “It was nice to have every player on the team play and produce positive results.”
Forestburg’s defense allowed the Lady Bears to score no more than four points in any quarter, while the offense was firing on all cylinders.
“They played strong defense,” Barbosa said. “We were able to stop their plays.”
Meanwhile, it was not a good showing for the Lady Bears. The offense was shut out in the first and only scored one point in the third. The most they mustered was a four-point showing in the second quarter. Only three players scored for Gold-Burg Tuesday.
Chelsie Gerlach led the Lady Bears with three points, adding eight rebounds and a block. Stormey Edwards recorded two points with two rebounds and a steal; Megan Edwards added one point with two rebounds. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.

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Gold-Burg’s Lexy Hand dribbles up the court while defended by Forestburg’s Kaylee Choate during last Friday’s District 1A-21 game. Forestburg won 80-8. (News photo by Blake Wood)

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.

SPORTS

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.