SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Bowie’s girls’ press too much
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team established the tempo early in Monday’s Conference 3A-II Bi-District playoff game.
The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches 13th-ranked Lady Rabbits outscored the Lady Cats 26-6 in the opening quarter – and never looked back – in a 71-31 drubbing of Whitesboro at Sanger High School.
“I thought our pressure got to them,” Bowie head coach Colby Davis-Pastusek said. “We got after them. We were able to fly around. We got going early.”
The players agreed with such sentiment.
“We knew we had to come out and hit them hard,” said Courtney Brady, who paced all scorers with 22 points and she also distributed a game-best seven assists.
“We rotated really well on defense in the first quarter,” Logan McMurray said.
Yes, Bowie played that well. In fact, Davis-Pastusek thought the Lady Rabbits’ smothering full-court press was perhaps its most effective this season.
In the end, Whitesboro made just 14-of-50 field-goal attempts for 28 percent. The Cats weren’t aggressive on offense, and that was all Bowie’s doing.
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Bowie High School’s Logan McMurray keeps the ball from going out of bounds during Monday’s Conference 3A-II Bi-District game at Sanger High School. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
In its’ second consecutive playoff trip, Bowie’s volleyball team gave it a valiant effort against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy. The Eagles proved to be too much with an athletic frontcourt proving too much in a 3-0 win (25-20,25-21,25-18) Oct. 29 at Breckenridge High.
Bowie led midway though all three sets but the Eagles were able to come from behind and pull out the win.
The Eagles got out quickly with a 5-0 lead in the opener. The Lady Rabbits showed some gumption and stormed right back with a Taelyn Webb dink breaking serve. Junior Molly Enlow rolled off four points to knot the game at five. KP Rutherford’s kil kept the drive alive.
Olivia Stewart’s kill set the stage for Serenity Klump’s three-point string. Frontcourt work by Ellie Mowery and Stewart allowed Bowie to take a 10-9 lead. Bowie maintained the lead thanks to dinks by Abby Reneau and Stewart, which forced the Eagles into a timeout.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In its first playoff game of 2026, Saint Jo took control after a slow start and wound up cruising past Garner 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) in a Class A area round game Nov. 2.
The Lady Panthers will face Strawn, which swept Crowell in the area round, next. No further details were available as of press time.
The Lady Longhorns showed they were ready to play in the early going, getting out to a 9-4 lead in game one. Saint Jo broke serve and used a pair of Kamron Skidmore points, aided by Savannah Hill kills on both points to get within one.
Garner led by six midway through the set before Hill’s five-point serving run, helped along by a Skidmore kill to draw within 13-14. A Skidmore kill was followed by two Skidmore points, including an ace, to tie the game at 19.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Several county schools will have runners at the state cross country meet Nov. 7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Bowie, which qualified for regionals with a 3rd place finish at the District 6-3A Meet, will have both Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater, who finished in the top 10 individually. Willett finished 3rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10th with a time of 16:51.60.
Other Rabbits competing were Hayden Cox with a time of 18:56.30, Hayden Sutton in 19:41.60, Taven Melton in 19:59.20. Coleman Holloway in 20:26.80and Jaxon Castro in 20:56.10.
The top 10 individuals and top four teams from each region qualify for State.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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