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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lyons, Saint Jo roll Harrold

Published

11 years ago

09/02/2015

It didn’t take long for Saint Jo High School freshman quarterback Preston Lyons to have a breakout performance.
Lyons went 17-of-24 for 234 yards and six touchdown passes, and he also returned an interception 33 yards for another score as Saint Jo comfortably beat Harrold on Friday at Harley Sewell Field.
Saint Jo stands at 1-0 heading into Friday’s game at Milford, two years removed from a state championship game appearance.
“It’s great to start off the year with a victory, especially with so much youth on the field,” Saint Jo head coach Chad Tallon said.
Milford will run a tight spread which means the linemen are tight while the backfield is spread. On defense, it will use a 3-1-2 with a pair of defensive backs.
“We will have to be very efficient,” Tallon said. “We had three turnovers against Harrold, and we’re going to have to erase those against a team the caliber of Milford.”
Tallon said the defensive challenge will be to contain Milford’s speed.
Anderson was Lyons’ top target with nine catches for 119 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed seven times for 77 yards and two additional scores. Read more on six-man football, and see complete boxscores, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Saint Jo’s Preston Lyons made an impressive debut for the Panthers on Friday, passing for six touchdowns in a victory over Harrold at Harley Sewell Field. (Courtesy photo by Kip Garner/Garner Studios)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

5 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

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5 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

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5 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.