The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team – despite a 42-35 victory over Paradise on Friday – remained in 13th spot in the statewide Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Conference 3A girls’ poll.
Bowie rattled off two more district wins and sports an overall record of 24-5, and 11-0 in District 3A-9.
Sunnyvale holds down the No. 1 spot with a 27-2 mark with Shallowater (23-1) second. Tuscola Jim Ned, the school that beat Bowie in the postseason during 2014, is fifth at 22-6.
Among Bowie News coverage area schools, Bellevue’s boys also are ranked.
However, the Eagles slipped from 17th to 18th in the Conference 1A boys’ poll, despite convincing victories over Prairie Valley and Saint Jo. Bellevue is 20-7 overall, 9-0 in District 1A-21.
In Conference 1A boys, Texline is the leader with a 24-2 mark and Laneville (19-3) is second.
Plano West continues to lead the Conference 6A boys’ poll with a 22-2 record, and Atascocita is second at 26-1.
Beaumont Central is tops in Conference 5A boys, sporting a 24-2 mark. Lancaster, a school in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, is second at 24-2.
Triple-A Academy out of Dallas is the leader in 4A boys at 17-4, and Houston Sterling is second with an 18-6 mark.
Brock, coached by Doug Boxell’s son, Zach, has been at the forefront in Conference 3A boys all season. The Eagles are 25-2. Brownfield (19-4) is second. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.

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