SPORTS
IN BRIEF: Bowie softball camp June 8-10
The Bowie High School Lady Rabbit Softball Camp is set from June 8-11 at the outdoor sports complex.
The main camp is June 8-10 and the June 11 session will be a hitting/pitching/catching session.
Camp will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon everyday.
The price is the camp from June 8-10 is $50; and $25 for June 11. If campers attend all four days, the cost is $65.
The camp is for girls’ age 7 years old through incoming freshmen at Bowie High School.
The June 8-10 camp will focus on some hitting, bunting, throwing, infield and outfield fielding drills and baserunning.
The camp on June 11 will emphasize pitching, catching and hitting techniques. Catchers will need to bring their gear.
Campers will be guaranteed a T-shirt if they register before May 28.
Registration can be completed through the Bowie softball website at: ladyrabbitsoftball.weebly.com. Turn in forms to head coach Brant Farris or assistants Jeanie Stark and Miranda Wolsey.
For information, call Farris at 1-817-726-6821.
Softball: Game Two in Bowie Saturday
Archer City and Hawley are set to play the Conference 2A Region I final in softball.
Game One is set for 6 p.m. on May 28 in Hermleigh, which is located roughly 15 miles southwest of Snyder.
Game Two will be at 5 p.m. on May 30 in Bowie at our outdoor sports complex. Game Three, if needed, will follow 30 minutes later.
The winner will advance to the state tournament set for Red and Charline McCombs Field on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
Conference 2A semifinals are set for 9 a.m. and noon on June 3. The championship will take place on June 4 at 3 p.m.
Games are weather permitting.
Volleyball camp comes to Nocona
The Nocona High School volleyball team will have a camp from June 8-10 in the high school and middle school gymnasiums.
Camp will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
The fee is $45 per athlete, or $40 per athlete if multiple children in one family are attending.
Registration will be accepted through to the opening day of the camp.
Forms may be turned in to middle school coach Karie Lewis or elementary school secretary Sherri Price or camp director Tiffany Clay.
Campers must bring knee pads, if available, and a water bottle.
Mail entry forms to Clay.
For information, call Clay at 1-940-224-2503.
Bowie High School softball coach Brant Farris will direct a camp at the school during the second week of June. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
SPORTS
District awards for 1A released
With the baseball and softball seasons over for the area 1A schools, district awards have been released.
Listed below are those earned honors on the field and in the classroom for Saint Jo and Bellevue.
Softball
Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Utility player: Taylor Patrick; Catcher: Jordyn O’Neal
Baseball
Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Devin Stewart, Saint Jo
Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue
Pitcher: Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Jayden Curry, Saint Jo
Second team
Pitcher: Charlie Barclay, Saint Jo
Infielder: Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; Sam Martin, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Rylan Forrester, Saint Jo
Catcher: Charlie Evans, Saint Jo
Utility: Logan Hoover, Saint Jo
DH: Amzy Barclay, Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Cody Gaston, Saint Jo; Xander Joyner, Saint Jo
To see academic awards from Saint Jo players, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Forestburg coach retiring
Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Bowie Sports Banquet
The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.
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