SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Season’s getting closer, Bowie tunes up
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
The Bowie High School football team scrimmaged against a talented Bridgeport team on Friday evening at Jackrabbit Stadium.
Like last year, the Jackrabbits had success.
“It was good to see us go against somebody else,” said Bowie head coach Dylan Stark, “but we have a long way to go.”
Bridgeport (8-4 in 2014) was an area finalist in Conference 4A last year, and the Bulls’ district foes Krum scouted the action from the top of the bleachers.
Bowie’s multiple offense did some good things as Trace Hardee connected with Jeffery Howard on a pair of touchdown passes.
Chase Hall also made a long TD reception. The Jackrabbits also scored another TD rushing on what was termed a “busted play.”
Stark was pleased to see the Jackrabbits (2-8 last season) avoid turnovers – for the most part.
“We played hard and we moved the ball well, which is something we did well against Bridgeport last year,” Stark said.
The coach lamented missed assignments.
On defense, the Jackrabbits held the Bulls to one touchdown, and two trips inside the red zone. Bridgeport scored on a sweep.
This week, Bowie has shifted from early morning to late afternoon practice with the start of teacher in-service days.
The Bowie junior varsity unit also scored one touchdown while the freshmen teams went scoreless. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
Bowie High School defensive back Jeffery Howard skies for an interception during Friday’s scrimmage against Bridgeport at Jackrabbit Stadium. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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