SPORTS

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bowie’s hunting Gunter

Published

11 years ago

09/23/2015

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com

Last year, Bowie faced a powerful Gunter team that finished with a 12-2 record.
The Tigers aren’t as good this year – as evidenced by their 42-0 loss to Pottsboro earlier this season – but that doesn’t mean the Jackrabbits should expect an easy game on Friday.
Should Bowie win, it would give the team a 3-2 record heading into its bye week next week.
“It would be good,” Bowie head coach Dylan Stark said. “It would give us more wins than last year.”
Stark said Bowie needs to play a cleaner game this week to have a chance to beat Gunter, like the Jackrabbits coming into the contest with a 2-2 mark.
“We moved the ball against Pottsboro,” Stark said, “but, we had penalties and dropped balls in the passing game. It was a combination of those things.”
Bowie’s first-team offense scored on a Pottsboro unit that hadn’t allowed a touchdown to first-stringers all season.
Gunter will play a 4-2-5 defense in which there is a nickel cornerback on the field nearly all the time.
“It’s not much different than a 4-4,” Stark said. “We’ve seen that type of personnel before.”
It all comes down to execution, the coach commented. Read more, and see the complete Pottsboro game summary, in the weekend Bowie News.

GAME TIME

Who: Bowie at Gunter
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday
Where: Tiger Stadium
Ticket Prices: Adults are charged $5 and students $3.
Why it’s important: Bowie looks to finish off the non-district portion of the schedule in good shape with a 3-2 mark before the bye.
Last year’s game: Gunter 48, Bowie 14 at Bowie.

Bowie High School’s Gary Mosley attempts to find room to run during Friday’s non-district game between the Jackrabbits and Pottsboro in Pottsboro. The Cardinals cruised to a 45-8 victory, dropping Bowie to 2-2 on the season. (Courtesy photo by Chris Jennings/Sherman Herald-Democrat)

SPORTS

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.

SPORTS

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.

SPORTS

Fourteen track athletes head to State

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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.