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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Bowie falls in 5 games

Published

11 years ago

08/17/2015

Last year, the Bowie High School volleyball team defeated Archer City in the opener and the thinking was the Lady Rabbits were going to use it as a springboard for success.
Well, Bowie finished with 20 wins, but the Lady Rabbits finished outside the playoffs.
The Lady Rabbits played at Archer City in the opener on Tuesday, and a pattern from the 2014 season reared its ugly head again.
Bowie won a hard-fought first set 29-27 and then triumphed in the second 25-23. However, Archer City played much better from that point on taking Game Three 25-18, Game Four 25-17 and the fifth and deciding game 15-12.
The Lady Rabbits stand at 0-1 heading into the two-day Advantage Sports Complex tournament set for Friday and Saturday at Carrollton. Nocona also will participate in this event.
“I think the digging, passing and serving was even,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said. “But, their offense was able to find open holes and places we weren’t. They were steady, and they made plays.” Read more, and see complete statistics, in the weekend Bowie News.

Karlyn Dean, shown here during a summer scrimmage, provided the Lady Rabbits with a team-high eight solo ace blocks during a match against Archer City on Aug. 11. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

4 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.

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Willett, Richey off to State

Published

4 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

4 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.