SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Potholes in the road, Bowie travels to Pottsboro
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
The Bowie High School football team will try and find a way to bounce back from Friday’s 30-26 Homecoming loss to Henrietta.
The task is front of them is daunting, however, as the Jackrabbits face a tough Pottsboro team that has outscored opponents 141-14 so far. Last week, Pottsboro bounced Boyd 54-14 and the Cardinals whitewashed Gunter – another team Bowie will face – by 42 points.
“They’ve been clicking on all cylinders,” Bowie head coach Dylan Stark said. “They have played very well this season.”
Stark said the Cardinals have generated plenty of turnovers, and that has snowballed against the opposition.
Meanwhile, Bowie couldn’t catch a break with turnovers in its most recent game. Several defensive players forced turnovers – six of them in fact – but the Jackrabbits only pounced on one of them.
Pottsboro will run a spread offense and quarterback Zane Pritchett will be a handful for the Bowie defense.
“They also have good receivers and No. 8 for them (Carson Rein) runs the ball well,” Stark said.
Pritchett has thrown for 353 yards and eight touchdowns, with just one interception.
Bowie’s defense, which gave up nearly six yards per play last week, will have to keep an eye on Pritchett at all times.
“We have to make them work for everything” Stark said. “We have to make them drive the field if they are going to score. We have to make them earn every point they get.”
Defensively, Bowie can’t give up the big play and stop the Cardinals on third down. Henrietta converted most of its third- and fourth-down plays when it mattered most in the fourth quarter last week. Read more, and see complete game statistics, in the mid-week Bowie News.
GAME TIME
Who: Bowie at Pottsboro
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday
Where: Jim Henderson Memorial Stadium
Ticket Prices: Adults are charged $5 and students $3.
Why it’s important: Can Bowie, bounce back from a Homecoming loss, and defeat Pottsboro on the road?
Last year’s game: Pottsboro 52, Bowie 13 here in Bowie.
Bowie High School’s Daniel Mosley tried to spark the Jackrabbits in the punt return game during Friday’s game versus Henrietta. Mosley helped give Bowie better field position during Homecoming at Jackrabbit Stadium. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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